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Devika Rege, author, Quarterlife – “I write to make sense of the world ”
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Devika Rege, author, Quarterlife – “I write to make sense of the world ”

Hindustan Times  

Ever since the novel came out, there have been discussions centred on it being “the novel of ideas”. I think that terms like “novel of ideas” or “character-driven novel” come later in the form of endorsements or critiques that point to where the novel’s emphasis lands for a reader. And were the jargon-filled, masculine discussions on development, economics, and growth …

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Of all the things that escape grasp
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Of all the things that escape grasp

The Hindu  

Aishwarya Iyer thinks of her first book of poems, The Grasp of Things, as an apprenticeship, “a book, which taught me how to write a book,” she says in a conversation with Devika Rege, the author of the award-winning novel Quarterlife, at a recent launch event held at Atta Galatta, Indiranagar. Rege begins by referencing a blurb by the writer …

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Bulky but satisfying inquiry into New India's dilemmas
1 year, 3 months ago

Bulky but satisfying inquiry into New India's dilemmas

Deccan Chronicle  

The average Indian novel in English rarely eschews the urge to be panoramic in scope, lest it be doomed to ‘limited readership’. A cross between the Amazon series Made in Heaven and Upamanyu Chatterjee’s iconic English, August, Devika Rege’s debut novel Quarterlife is an ode to New India. The use of binaries of hopeful-hopeless, idealistic-worldly wise et al — mostly …

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Book Review: ‘Quarterlife’ by Devika Rege is an attempt to tell the truth of postmodern India
1 year, 3 months ago

Book Review: ‘Quarterlife’ by Devika Rege is an attempt to tell the truth of postmodern India

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 21, 2023 11:00 IST - 6 MINS READ Before we begin this review, a small disclaimer. Quarterlife: A Novel By Devika Rege Fourth Estate India Pages: 420 Rs.599 After reading Quarterlife, I can say for sure that the author has indeed made an attempt to incorporate all the aforesaid elements into this book, thus tackling a task …

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Review of Quarterlife debut novel by Devika Rege on India political upheaval of 2014
1 year, 5 months ago

Review of Quarterlife debut novel by Devika Rege on India political upheaval of 2014

The Hindu  

Very early into Quarterlife, there are a few lines that pulse with the beat to which the story marches. What would be vicious becomes empathetic under a microscope of understanding as we see Naren, Rohit and Naren’s friend Amanda racing towards something, some end, past endlessly shifting goalposts. Going back in time to 2014 In the second half of the …

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Quarterlife by Devika Rege is interesting but flawed
1 year, 5 months ago

Quarterlife by Devika Rege is interesting but flawed

Live Mint  

In the opening chapter of Devika Rege’s debut novel, Quarterlife, Naren Agashe, an NRI working as a financial consultant in Iowa is at a coffee shop, avoiding a certain old white man prone to racist homilies. Either one of these connections would have conveyed Rege’s point adequately but the author goes on, overcooking the well-known writing dictum “show, don’t tell”, …

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