The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
A Novel
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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Narrado por:
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Arundhati Roy
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Arundhati Roy
A richly moving new novel - the first since the author's Booker Prize-winning, internationally celebrated debut, The God of Small Things, went on to become a beloved best seller and an enduring classic.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness transports us across a subcontinent on a journey of many years. 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 graveyard outside the walls of Old Delhi, a resident unrolls a threadbare Persian carpet. On a concrete sidewalk, a baby suddenly appears just after midnight. In a snowy valley, a bereaved father writes a letter to his five-year-old daughter about the people who came to her funeral. In a second-floor apartment, a lone woman chain-smokes as she reads through her old notebooks. 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.
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. It is told with a whisper, in a shout, through joyous tears, and sometimes with a bitter laugh. Its heroes, both present and departed, have been broken by the world we live in - and then mended by love. For this reason they will never surrender.
How to tell a shattered story?
By slowly becoming everybody.
No.
By slowly becoming everything.
Humane and sensuous, beautifully told, this extraordinary novel demonstrates the miracle of Arundhati Roy's storytelling gifts.
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Editors Select, June 2017
Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness begins in the "Jannat Guest House", a graveyard where living people have taken up residence. (If there’s a better metaphor for autobiographical fiction, I’d like to hear it.) In a cruel society-outside-of-society, some dignity still abides for the broken-down denizens: untouchables, addicts, abandoned children, and our transgender protagonist, Anjum: "she let the hurt blow through her branches like a breeze and used the music of her rustling leaves as balm to ease the pain." The author’s narration enlivens each character’s point of view and makes this episodic and sprawling story seem like a deliberately choreographed ballet. Every character appears on their own terms, and the author’s measured, attentive performance conveys the cruelty and wit and unexpected sweetness of their experience - Arundhati Roy’s voice is not just lyrical, it’s essential. —Christina, Audible Editor
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What did you like best about The Ministry of Utmost Happiness? What did you like least?
The cadence of the writing.How could the performance have been better?
Arundhati Roy is a great writer, and I loved The God of Small Things, but I am going to switch to my Kindle to read this book. Her voice is soothing and it is great to hear a book by its creator, but her voice never changes tone and it is monotonous to listen to for long periods (and this is a long book!). I find myself drifting and missing key points of the story. Plus, it is difficult to keep the long Indian names straight in my head when they are spoken vs. written. I feel that a professional narrator might have helped with this issue.Author narration does not work for me
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Otherwise it didn't move me much. She's a revolutionary at heart and this came from the heart, but unless you are from India it might be hard to get too involved in the plot.
Also it's nice to see she finally let her other famous novel become an audiobook, but too bad she didn't narrate that one, because who knows better then the author the real feelings of each line?
I like her nonfiction work better at this point and look forward to more of it. She is one of the greatest writers and activist of our times.
Master story teller
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A mirror for those who may care to see it.
Another masterpiece.
Beautiful story delivered with panache
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Arundhati Roy, ever the prophet
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AR is the voice of her generation and its politics.
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Roy is an extraordinary critique of the society and this book is a must-read for those who live in euphoria that India is advancing.
Powerful writing
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I love Arundati Roy and I have been waiting for this book since she first announced its release. I have hard copies of all her books and this was my first audio book purchase of her work. My disappointment is possibly tied to the fact that I expected her reading and her voice to transport me to that ethereal place that her books do. It did not. Her voice was monotonous and I had to fight to stay connected. I just ordered the book at my local library and cant wait to read it.What did you like best about this story?
I love how she creates characters that stick.How could the performance have been better?
I really wish we had picked a stronger, more passionate and lively reader for the book. I enjoyed listening to Trevor Noah and Anderson Cooper, because they are professionals and understand the right tone, deflections and emotions. Arundati's voice didn't connectIf this book were a movie would you go see it?
YesAmazing writer, not as engaging an orator
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Poetic, Heartbreaking, Beautiful, Timeless
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Would you try another book from Arundhati Roy and/or Arundhati Roy?
I respect the deep knowledge that Ms Roy has of all the miseries the people in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have suffered, but I finally didn't want to hear any more graphic descriptions of the many ways we humans make our fellows suffer. The plot was not compelling enough of a thread to keep me going. Shouldn't it be "Ministry of Utmost Misery"?What was most disappointing about Arundhati Roy’s story?
The history of violence is the main thing; plot is meager and sometimes confusing.What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
It was charming to hear Ms Roy read, but sometimes difficult to understand.Was The Ministry of Utmost Happiness worth the listening time?
I didn't finish.Any additional comments?
I'm not sorry that I listened to part of the bookWhere's the Happiness?
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Interesting, but hard to follow
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