Things That Can and Cannot Be Said by Arundhati Roy audiobook

Things That Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations

By Arundhati Roy and John Cusack
Read by Sneha Mathan and Jim Meskimen

Blackstone Publishing 9781608467174

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9781538411360

  • ISBN: 9781538411353

  • ISBN: 9781538411377

Runtime: 1.91 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Philosophy
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

In this rich dialogue on surveillance, empire, and power, Roy and Cusack describe meeting with National Security Agency whistleblower Ed Snowden.

In late 2014, Arundhati Roy, John Cusack, and Daniel Ellsberg traveled to Moscow to meet with Edward Snowden. The result is a series of essays and dialogues in which Roy and Cusack reflect on their conversations with Snowden.

In these provocative and penetrating discussions, Roy and Cusack discuss the nature of the state, empire, and surveillance in an era of perpetual war, the meaning of flags and patriotism, the role of foundations and NGOs in limiting dissent, and the ways in which capital but not people can freely cross borders.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

"[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.” —Booklist
“On its surface, the essay collection offers an account of Edward Snowden’s 2014 meeting with John Cusack, Arundhati Roy, and Daniel Ellsberg. Things That Can and Cannot Be Said is less about Snowden’s 2013 decision to leak classified NSA data than it is about the context of that decision, offering a statement on the surveillance state as it relates to war and peace in the twenty-first century…‘It definitely cannot not be written about…because the world is a millipede that inches forward on millions of real conversations.’ Things That Can and Cannot Be Said is an unapologetically radical account of several such real conversations aiming to do just that: inch the world forward.” —Shelf Awareness

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Author

Author Bio: Arundhati Roy

Author Bio: Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, as well as several nonfiction titles. She was trained as an architect and has worked as a production designer and screenwriter for two films.

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Author Bio: John Cusack

Author Bio: John Cusack

John Cusack is a writer, filmmaker, actor, and a board member of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. He has written the screenplays for the movies Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity, and War, Inc., with Mark Leyner and Jeremy Pikser, among many others. His writing has appeared widely, including the Guardian, Truthout, and Outlook India.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Philosophy
Runtime: 1.91
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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