Ghosh (English, U. of North Bengal, India) and Navarro-Tejero (India studies, U. de C籀rdoba, Spain) have edited these essays on writer Arundhati Roy that reveal the spirit of political dissent
in both her fiction and non-fiction. Contributors discuss Roy's controversial socio-political views on such topics as the caste system, government corruption, gender violence, Victorian
decorum, pollution and the effects of globalization on the Indian economy and culture. Most of these articles address Roy's activism following the 1997 publication of her Booker Prize- winning
novel The God of Small Things, and include debates between scholars on the overall importance of her contributions to Indian society. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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