The Jannat Guest House
In Arundhati Roy's spellbinding novel, Anjum makes a new home in the most unlikely of places and finds solace among the departed. Indira Varma reads.
In Arundhati Roy's mesmerising new novel, Anjum makes a discovery and finds love, but then she undertakes a journey that turns her world upside down. The reader is Indira Varma.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is Arundhati Roy's first novel since her award winning debut The God of Small Things which was published in 1997. Her hotly anticipated new novel takes us on a mesmerising journey from Old Delhi to Kashmir and back. To find out how to listen to all fifteen episodes from the 5th June; to hear Front Row's interview with the acclaimed author on writing this latest novel, and to catch up with her Desert Island Discs and more visit the Radio 4 website.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Indira Varma |
| Author | Arundhati Roy |
| Abridger | Richard Hamilton |
| Producer | Elizabeth Allard |
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- Wed 7 Jun 2017 22:45成人快手 Radio 4
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