The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages ; 22 cm.
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Mancos Library District - FICTION
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Notes
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"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."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Roy, A. (2017). The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (First US edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roy, Arundhati. 2017. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Roy, Arundhati. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Roy, Arundhati. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness First US edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
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