Things That Can And Cannot Be Said
  • Published: 17 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241980088
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $12.99

Things That Can And Cannot Be Said

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17 Oct 2016
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6 Oct 2016
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Acclaimed actor John Cusack & Booker Prize-winning activist Arundhati Roy meet heroic whistle-blower Edward Snowden and report back

'What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were these that have been broken?'

An account of an unforgettable meeting between four people over two days: Arundhati Roy, Edward Snowden, John Cusack and Daniel Ellsburg. Weaving together verbatim conversations and narrated recollections from both Roy and Cusack, this Penguin Special interrogates the geo-political forces which shape our world. Ranging from the Vietnam War and the Pentagon Papers to ongoing crises in the Middle East, it brings to these topics the full force of Arundhati Roy's passionate humanity and searing intellect. Both political and personal, activist and humanist, this is a powerful call for resistance to America's ongoing, malign hegemony.
  • Published: 17 October 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241980088
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $12.99
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About the authors

Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy is the author of the novel The God of Small Things, for which she was awarded the Booker Prize in 1997, and two collections of essays: The Algebra of Infinite Justice and An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire. She lives in New Delhi, India

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Praise for Things That Can And Cannot Be Said

Publisher's description. The historic account of a once-in-a-lifetime meeting between four of the modern world's most influential figures: NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsburg, tireless political activist Arundhati Roy and Hollywood superstar John Cusack.

Penguin

Arundhati Roy is one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time

Naomi Klein

A political critique of everything ... the book will make you sit up and question things

Financial Express

[Roy is] an electrifying political essayist. . . . So fluent is her prose, so keen her understanding of global politics, and so resonant her objections to nuclear weapons, assaults against the environment, and the endless suffering of the poor that her essays are as uplifting as they are galvanizing

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The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart

Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE
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