The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

a novel

449 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 2017 by Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-1-5247-3315-5
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OCLC Number:
971224030

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4 stars (2 reviews)

"An epic novel of love and history and the perseverance of the human spirit in the face of loss and tragedy"--

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4 stars

Miss Roy has her own distinct style of writing. Combined with vibrant plot it leaves an aftertaste, somewhat bitter and melancholic in my mind. It has happened for 'The Gods of Small Things', and it did for this book to a certain extent.

The plot (or plots?), as I've mentioned earlier is vibrant, in geography, politics, and culture. In a whole it describes, in my opinion, a dystopia that is being denied in India.