{"product_id":"the-ministry-of-utmost-happiness-arundhati-roy","title":"The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE GOD OF SMALL THINGS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NUMBER ONE and\u003ci\u003e THE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'At magic hour; when the sun has gone but the light has not, armies of flying foxes unhinge themselves from the Banyan trees in the old graveyard and drift across the city like smoke...'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Arundhati Roy's incredible follow-up to The God of Small Things. We meet Anjum, who used to be Aftab, who runs a guest-house in an Old Delhi graveyard and gathers around her the lost, the broken and the cast out. We meet Tilo, an architect, who although she is loved by three men, lives in a 'country of her own skin' . When Tilo claims an abandoned baby as her own, her destiny and that of Anjum become entangled as a tale that sweeps across the years and a teeming continent takes flight...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sprawling kaleidoscopic fable' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Roy's second novel proves as remarkable as her first' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A great tempest of a novel... which will leave you awed by the heat of its anger and the depth of its compassion' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eArundhati Roy is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Booker Prize in 1997, and \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2017. She is the author of various works of non-fiction including \u003ci\u003eMy Seditious Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAzadi\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Modern Empire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 464 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63444639646045,"sku":"K066498314","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/228073-6649831400001A.jpg?v=1771176599","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-ministry-of-utmost-happiness-arundhati-roy","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}