{"product_id":"the-end-of-imagination-9781608466191","title":"The End of Imagination","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe End of Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e brings together five of Arundhati Roy's acclaimed books of essays into one comprehensive volume for the first time and features a new introduction by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new collection begins with her pathbreaking book \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e--published soon after she won the Booker Prize for her novel \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e--in which she forcefully condemned India's nuclear tests and its construction of enormous dam projects that continue to displace countless people from their homes and communities. \u003ci\u003eThe End of Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e also includes her nonfiction works \u003ci\u003ePower Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWar Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublic Power in the Age of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, which include her widely circulated and inspiring writings on the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the need to confront corporate power, and the hollowing out of democratic institutions globally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArundhati Roy\u003c\/b\u003e studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives. She is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eField Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCapitalism: A Ghost Story\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Haymarket Books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669768737042,"sku":"9781608466191","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_517863d8-c97d-4cbf-af02-e035cea9f69a.jpg?v=1733765785","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-end-of-imagination-9781608466191","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}