Devika Rege
An Evening with Devika Rege
Devika Rege, celebrated author of Quarterlife, discusses her ambitious and provocative political bildungsroman.

Hailed as a “landmark novel” in India, Quarterlife is an award-winning debut about the country’s political pulse and changing value systems. Following a mosaic of characters, it offers an astonishing exploration of identity and the dynamics of societal transformation in a time of reckoning for democracies worldwide.

Join Devika for an evening of unsparing honesty about power, privilege, what it means to write fiction in an age when politics has become personal, and how literature might help us navigate the moral complexities of our time.

"A fearless achievement.... An urgent, vital orchestration.... Rege’s seriousness of purpose runs like an electrical wire through the book." James Wood, The New Yorker & The New Yorker best books of 2024