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Suzanna Arundhati Roy (Bengali pronunciation: [orundʱoti rae̯]; born 24 November 1961) [1] is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. [1]
The film was the recipient of two National Awards in 1989. [3] It acquired a cult status in the years after it was made. [4] [5] [6] The original print of the movie is lost. Previously, the only copies of the film in circulation were those that were recorded on video cassette recorder when the film was screened on Doordarshan.
Roy's characters run the gamut of Indian society and include an intersex woman , a rebellious architect, and her landlord who is a supervisor in the intelligence service. [4] The narrative spans across decades and locations, but primarily takes place in Delhi and Kashmir .
Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy (2009) is a collection of essays written by Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy. Written between 2002 and 2008, the essays have been published in various left-leaning newspapers and magazines in India.
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things in 1997, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.