Capitalism: A Ghost Story
Preface:
The President Took the Salute
Section I
Ch 1: Capitalism A Ghost Story
Ch 2: I would rather not be Anna
Ch 3: Dead Men Talking
Section II
Ch 4: Kashmir's Fruits of Discord
Ch 5: A Perfect Day for Democracy
Ch 6: Consequences of Hanging Afzal Guru
Afterword:
Ch 7 Speech to People's University 16 Nov 2011
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Arundhati Roy studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives. She is the author of the novel The God of Small Things, for which she received the 1997 Booker Prize. The novel has been translated into forty languages worldwide. She has written several non-fiction books, including Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers and Capitalism: A Ghost Story, published by Haymarket Books.
Capitalism feels like straight reportage from the front lines of a
war. In every part of the world, the rich few keep getting richer
on the backs of a population that continues to work harder and grow
poorer for it. And Roy keeps sending these furious, intelligent
bulletins to alert us to what's going on. More people than ever are
listening to her." —The Stranger
Praise for Arundhati Roy's Field Notes on Democracy:
"Gorgeously wrought . . . pitch-perfect prose. . . . In language of
terrible beauty, she takes India's everyday tragedies and reminds
us to be outraged all over again." —Time
"In her searing account, Roy asks whether our shriveled forms of
democracy will be 'the endgame of the human race'—and shows vividly
why this is a prospect not to be lightly dismissed." —Noam
Chomsky
“The scale of what Roy surveys is staggering. Her pointed
indictment is devastating.” —The New York Times Book Review
“An electrifying political essayist... So fluent is her prose, so
keen her understanding of global politics, and so resonant her
objections to nuclear weapons, assaults against the environment,
and the endless suffering of the poor that her essays are as
uplifting as they are galvanizing.” —Booklist
Capitalism feels like straight reportage from the front lines of a
war. In every part of the world, the rich few keep getting richer
on the backs of a population that continues to work harder and grow
poorer for it. And Roy keeps sending these furious, intelligent
bulletins to alert us to what's going on. More people than ever are
listening to her." The Stranger
Praise for Arundhati Roy's Field Notes on Democracy:
"Gorgeously wrought . . . pitch-perfect prose. . . . In language of
terrible beauty, she takes India's everyday tragedies and reminds
us to be outraged all over again." Time
"In her searing account, Roy asks whether our shriveled forms of
democracy will be 'the endgame of the human race'and shows vividly
why this is a prospect not to be lightly dismissed." Noam
Chomsky
The scale of what Roy surveys is staggering. Her pointed
indictment is devastating.” The New York Times Book Review
An electrifying political essayist... So fluent is her prose, so
keen her understanding of global politics, and so resonant her
objections to nuclear weapons, assaults against the environment,
and the endless suffering of the poor that her essays are as
uplifting as they are galvanizing.” Booklist
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