The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XNZ2SKW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 114 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Its heroes, both present and departed, have been broken by the world we live in - and then mended by love. In a second-floor apartment, a lone woman chain-smokes as she reads through her old notebooks. How to tell a shattered story? By slowly becoming everybody. For this reason they will never surrender. In a graveyard outside the walls of Old Delhi, a resident unrolls a threadbare Persian carpet. It takes us deep into the lives of its gloriously rendered characters, each of them in search of a place of safety - in search of meaning and of love. In a snowy valley, a bereaved father writes a letter to his five-year-old daughter about the people who came to her funeral. By slowly becoming everything. At the Jannat Guest House, two people who have known each other all their lives sleep with their arms wrapped around each other, as though they have just met. Humane and sensuous, beautifully told, this extraordinary novel demonstrates the miracle of Arundhati Roy's storytelling gifts.. On a concrete sidewalk, a baby suddenly appears just after midnight. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness transports us across a subcontinent on a journey of many years. A braided narrative of astonishing force and originality, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is at once a love story and a provocation - a novel as inventive as it is emotionally engaging.
"Don't expect a cohesive plot, just relish the characters and settings" according to Julia Flyte. I expected to love this book. I loved “God of Small Things” and several of my all-time favourite books are by Indian authors. So after approaching it full of anticipation and expectations, it pains me to say that I found it almost unreadable. Which is feel sure is more about me and my failure as a literary reader. But I did not “get” it.The book is about a dis. Very disappointed. It looked as if someone had used it The pages in the book was not up to the mark.Very disappointed. It looked as if someone had used it and not taken care.. far from my favorite book. far from my favorite bookcompleted the book and still searching for the plotvery confusing,