{"product_id":"quarterlife-9780349705132","title":"Quarterlife","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Winner of the 2024 \u003cb\u003eMATHRUBHUMI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e and the 2024 \u003cb\u003eRAMNATH GOENKA SAHITYA SAMAAN AWAWRD FOR BEST DEBUT FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e \/ Shortlisted for the 2023 \u003cb\u003eATTA GALATTA PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e and the 2023\u003cb\u003e KALINGA LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An ambitious reckoning'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eQuarterlife\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelation . . . and deserves the widest attention'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A fearless achievement''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bharat Party has come to power after an intensely divisive election. Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant, is lured home to Mumbai by their promise of '' better days ''. With him is Amanda, eager to escape her New England town by volunteering in a Muslim-majority slum. Inspired by them, Naren''s charismatic brother Rohit sets out to explore his ancestral heritage in the countryside, where he falls in with the ?ery young men who drive the Hindu nationalist machine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they each come to grips with the new India, their journeys coalesce into a riveting milieu characterized by brutal debates and desires as fraught as they are compulsive. The result is an ever-widening chorus that feeds into a festive night when all of Mumbai is on the streets - and the simmering unrest erupts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuarterlife \u003c\/i\u003eis as sweeping as it is intimate. With profound empathy and insight, Devika Rege lays bare the roots of political belief in a time of reckoning for democracies worldwide - this is a brilliantly innovative work that tests the limits of what the novel can achieve.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Powerful, demanding, rewarding'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eRege is at the forefront of a new generation of authors'' \u003c\/b\u003eVauhini Vara, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal King Rao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Utterly masterful and moving''\u003c\/b\u003e Gauri Gill, author of Acts of Appearance\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dialogue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577297113431,"sku":"9780349705132","price":18.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349705132.jpg?v=1746094751","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/quarterlife-9780349705132","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}