{"product_id":"the-shape-of-the-beast-conversations","title":"The Shape of the Beast  - Conversations","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Arundhati Roy\u003cbr\u003eSeveral Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003eContributor(s)\/Artis: S Anand\/Anthony Arnove\/David Barsamian et al\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\/Viking\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 271\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9780670082070\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Shape of the Beast is our world laid bare, with great courage, passion and eloquence, by a mind that has engaged unhesitatingly with its changing realities, often anticipating the way things have moved in the last decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the fourteen interviews collected here, conducted between January 2001 and March 2008, Arundhati Roy examines the nature of state and corporate power as it has emerged during this period, and the shape that resistance movements are taking. As she speaks, among other things, about people displaced by dams and industry, the genocide in Gujarat, Maoist rebels, the war in Kashmir and the global War on Terror, she raises fundamental questions about democracy, justice and non-violent protest. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnabashedly political, this is also a deeply personal collection. Through the conversations, Arundhati talks about the necessity of taking a stand, as also the dilemma of guarding the private space necessary for writing in a world that demands urgent, unequivocal intervention. And in the final interview, she discusses with rare candour her ambiguous feelings about success and both the pressures and the freedom that come with it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAN EXCERPT FROM AUTHOR'S STATEMENT:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does a writer do? \u003cbr\u003eA writer hones his or her language, makes it as clear and private and individual as possible. And then you look around and see what’s happening to millions of people. You find yourself in the heart of the crowd, saying things that millions of people are saying and it’s not private and individual any more. How do you hold those two things down? These are very fundamental questions. This is why so many writers are frightened of political engagement. They feel it is a risk, and it is a risk, and yet I would rather do it than not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSCIMITARS IN THE SUN\u003cbr\u003eSCIMITARS IN THE SUN\u003cbr\u003eIn conversation with N. Ram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHEQUEBOOK AND THE CRUISE MISSILE\u003cbr\u003eTHE COLONIZATION OF KNOWLDGE\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with David Barsamian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTERROR AND MADDENED KING\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with David Barsamian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDEVELOPMENT NATIONALISM\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with David Barsamian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGLOBALIZATION OF DISSENT\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with David Barsamian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSEIZE THE TIME!\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with David Barsamian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SHAPE OF THE BEAST\u003cbr\u003eTHE OUTLINE OF THE BEAST\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with Anthony Arnove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WAR THAT NEVER ENDS\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with Anthony Arnove\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with S. Anand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE QUESTION OF VIOLENCE\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with Amit Sengupta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI HOPE KASHMIR WILL IN ALL THE BOOKS I WRITE…\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with P.G. Rasool\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHERE’S A FURY BUILDING UP…\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with Shoma Chaudhury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHOOSING OUR WEAPONS\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with Shoma Chaudhury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTEN YEARS ON…\u003cbr\u003e\tIn conversation with Shoma Chaudhury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTES ON THE INTERVIEWERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Arundhati Roy \/ Penguin\/Viking \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153492078960,"sku":"24069","price":41.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/24069.jpg?v=1793910342","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-shape-of-the-beast-conversations","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}