The End of Imagination Author:Arundhati Roy Praise for Field Notes on Democracy:"Gorgeously wrought . . . pitch-perfect prose. . . . In language of terrible beauty, she takes India's everyday tragedies and reminds us to be outraged all over again."?Time"The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart."?Alice WalkerThis new collection begins with her pathbreaking book... more » The Cost of Living?published soon after she won the Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things?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. The End of Imagination also includes her nonfiction works Power Politics, War Talk, Public Power in the Age of Empire, and An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire, including her widely circulated and inspiring writings on the United States invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the need to confront corporate power, and the hollowing out of democratic institutions globally.Arundhati Roy is a world-renowned Indian author and global justice activist. From her celebrated Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things, to her prolific output of writing on topics including climate change, war, the perils of free-market development in India, and the defense of the poor, Roy's voice has become indispensable to millions seeking a better world.« less