Could somebody fill me in on why she [Arundhati Roy] attracts so much contempt? I'm not a fan (except of God of Small Things), I just don't understand why she gets singled out. =====================
Around here, there are reliable complaints which reappear whenever Roy's name is brought up.
>From the LBOTALK archives, I've isolated what I
believe to be the most common themes:
Irritation with her novelist's approach to pressing issues
<http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2004/2004-September/021936.html>
She's the "Anti Everything" Woman
<http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2004/2004-May/010881.html>
Roy panders to a "disillusioned left"
<http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2003/2003-June/014763.html>
All criticisms are branchings of these three main streams.
.d.
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