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The Briefing

Arundhati Roy's first work of fiction since The God of Small Things in 1997 is an allegory, a powerful fable about Climate Change, the War on Terror and Corporate Raj

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The Briefing
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Scattered applause that sounds as though it's coming from the back of the audience. Barely discernible murmurs of Bravo! Viva! Wah, Wah! Yeah Brother!
duty
Pseudomonas syringae
Some restless angry murmuring on the soundtrack
chuckles
A murmur
Murmur
Macbeth
Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until Great Burnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him
That will never be. Who can impress the forest, bid the tree unfix his earthbound root
Never fear, MountainWhite is here

(Shuffle of footsteps leaving. Fading away.)

First published in: Adam Budak, Anselm Franke/Hila Peleg, Raqs Media Collective (Eds.): Manifesta7. Scenarios, Milan (Silvana Editoriale) 2008.

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