{"id":3464,"date":"2003-05-30T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2003-05-30T19:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:49:53","slug":"war-talk-by-arundhati-roy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/war-talk-by-arundhati-roy\/","title":{"rendered":"War Talk by Arundhati Roy [in AsianWeek]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2003\/05\/War-Talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-32010\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2003\/05\/War-Talk.jpg\" alt=\"War Talk\" width=\"400\" height=\"635\" \/><\/a>A slim, must-read collection of powerful essays by the author of the Booker Prize-winning <em>The God of Small Things<\/em> that questions everything from nuclear power, the so-called war against terror, and the new imperialism. 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