War Talk

As the United States pushes for war on Iraq, Arundhati Roy, the internationally acclaimed author of The God of Small Things, addresses issues of democracy and dissent, racism and empire, and war and peace in this collection of new essays.

The eloquence, passion, and political insight of Roy’s political essays have added legions of readers to those already familiar with her Booker Prize-winning novel.

Invited to lecture as part of the prestigious Lannan Foundation series on the first anniversary of the unconscionable attacks of September 11, 2001, Roy challenged those who equate dissent with being 'anti-American.'

Her previous essays on globalization and dissent have led many to see Roy as 'India's most impassioned critic of globalization and American influence.'

War Talk collects new essays by this prolific writer.

Her work highlights the global rise of religious and racial violence.

From the horrific pogroms against Muslims in Gujarat, India, to U.S. demands for a war on Iraq, Roy confronts the call to militarism.

Desperately working against the backdrop of the nuclear recklessness between her homeland and Pakistan, she calls into question the equation of nation and ethnicity.

And throughout her essays, Roy interrogates her own roles as 'writer' and 'activist.'

Fully annotated versions of all Roy's most recent essays, including her acclaimed Lannan Foundation lecture from September 2002, are included in War Talk.