Arundhati Roy
An Indian author, activist, and essayist, who achieved international fame with her Booker Prize-winning debut novel, The God of Small Things. Her fiction is characterized by its lyrical prose, intricate narrative structures, and exploration of social injustice, caste, and political conflict in Kerala, India. Roy is also a vocal critic of globalization and corporate power, with her non-fiction addressing pressing political and environmental issues.
Set in 1960s Kerala, India, this Booker Prize-winning novel tells the story of fraternal twins Estha and Rahel, whose lives are shaped by a family tragedy and societal taboos. Roy’s lyrical prose weaves themes of caste, colonialism, love, and memory in a nonlinear narrative. The God of Small Things is a haunting, richly textured novel about loss, forbidden love, and the enduring pull of the past.