{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-modern-empire-conversations-with-david-barsamian-9781642598353","title":"The Architecture of Modern Empire: Conversations with David Barsamian","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory and wide-ranging series of interviews with award-winning writer Arundhati Roy, touching on US empire, Indian nationalism, a writer's work, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a novelist, Arundhati Roy is known for her lush language and intricate structure. As a political essayist, her prose is searching and fierce. All of these qualities shine through in the interviews collected here by David Barsamian. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis newly reissued and expanded edition, featuring interviews from 2001 to 2022 and a moving foreword by Naomi Klein, explores Roy's evolving political thought and commitments across the tumultuous twenty-first entry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Modern Empire \u003c\/i\u003eis a searing reckoning with the mechanics of power, in all its forms, and the role of imagination and creative expression in envisioning a radically different world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArundhati Roy\u003c\/strong\u003e studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives. She is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e, for which she received the 1997 Booker Prize, and \u003cem\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e. A collection of her essays from the past twenty years, \u003cem\u003eMy Seditious Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, was recently published by Haymarket Books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Barsamian\u003c\/strong\u003e has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio program, Alternative Radio, and his books with Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Arundhati Roy, and Edward Said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaomi Klein \u003c\/b\u003eNaomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and international bestselling author of eight books including \u003ci\u003eNo Logo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shock Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Changes Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e No Is Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, which have been translated into over 35 languages. In 2018, she was named the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, and is now Honorary Professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers. In September 2021, she joined the University of British Columbia as UBC Professor of Climate Justice and is the founding co-director of the UBC Centre for Climate Justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717389488402,"sku":"9781642598353","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9684e65-013d-4641-947f-4fd70dc9af80.jpg?v=1737262874","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-modern-empire-conversations-with-david-barsamian-9781642598353","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}