Bibliograph

The ministry of utmost happiness, a novel, Arundhati Roy

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The ministry of utmost happiness, a novel, Arundhati Roy

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The ministry of utmost happiness

Oclc number

971224030

Responsibility statement

Arundhati Roy

Sub title

a novel

Summary

An intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent. The tale begins with Anjum--who used to be Aftab--unrolling a threadbare Persian carpet in a city graveyard she calls home. We encounter the odd, unforgettable Tilo and the men who loved her--including Musa, sweetheart and ex-sweetheart, lover and ex-lover; their fates are as entwined as their arms used to be and always will be. We meet Tilo's landlord, a former suitor, now an intelligence officer posted to Kabul. And then we meet the two Miss Jebeens: the first a child born in Srinagar and buried in its overcrowded Martyrs' Graveyard; the second found at midnight, abandoned on a concrete sidewalk in the heart of New Delhi

Target audience

adult

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Creator