Bibliograph

The ministry of utmost happiness, a novel, Arundhati Roy

Type

Label

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

Medium

text large print

Oclc number

993928262

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

Classification