{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-modern-empire-conversations-with-david-barsamian-9781642598872","title":"The Architecture of Modern Empire: Conversations with David Barsamian","description":"A 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. \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\u003e is 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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50930052137234,"sku":"9781642598872","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c4c6bed4-4102-4720-b08f-a70418fc6312.jpg?v=1739060979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-modern-empire-conversations-with-david-barsamian-9781642598872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}