Arundhati Roy writes literary fiction and political essays about family, caste, state power and the long effects of violence in India. The God of Small Things follows twins Estha and Rahel in Kerala, moving back and forth in time around a family tragedy and a forbidden relationship shaped by caste and social expectation. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness expands across Delhi, Kashmir and other settings through a large cast including Anjum, a hijra woman building a community in a graveyard. Roy's prose is dense, lyrical and nonlinear, with language itself carrying much of the novel's force. Her work fits Indian literary fiction, postcolonial literature and politically engaged family saga. Read more Less
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