Quarterlife: A Novel [Hardcover]

While presenting a gallery of smaller roles in order to explore the ideological ferment of that moment. Rege belittles none of these voices as she sets them at play, and, finally, at war. The effect is an urgent, vital orchestration, capturing both the complexities of the subcontinent and the capacities of the novel. A scintillating novel of ideas and personal transformations& Whats remarkable is that the speakers never sound like hollow ideological vessels. They hold forth from deep-seated places of fear and yearningfatefully united, like the country itself, by their intractable disagreements... Throughout, the scope of the book's ideas and textured rendering of its characters contribute to an oceanic feeling of simultaneous scale and intimacy. It is akin to the sensation we experience when immersed in the great Russian fiction of the 19th century& [ A fearless achievement.... An urgent, vital orchestration.... Reges seriousness of purpose runs like an electrical wire through the book. Diversity is here the means of inquiry, inextricable from the questions the novel asks of diversity.... [ The outcome of [Reges] quest isnt flawless, but it captures a fundamental truth about the 21st century, not just in India but all over the globalized world: that life is riddled with conflict and asymmetry among people close to and far from one another. A bonafide stunner. Reges plot and characters are outstanding. The novel starts in a smaller scope than one might expect but then blossoms into a grand view of India, politics, and friendship. Her grasp on how to keep a reader hooked is evident throughout the novel. A remarkable debut novel that feels as if it had been lived with and thought through for years, its every choice deeply considered and yet also brave, riskyits got an assurance rare for first books. What is so compelling about this novel is how its concerns reach way beyond Indias borders. While questions of identity have been a hot topic in Western soclÓÙ