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Novel Writers – Preti Taneja
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- Preti Taneja
Preti Taneja reads from and discusses her universally celebrated debut novel, We That Are Young.
Set against the backdrop of the anti-corruption protests that spread across India in 2011 and 2012, We That Are Young is brilliant in its fierce, incandescent storytelling and the energy of its prose. It tells a deeply insightful tale of India today, the pace of life in one of the world’s fastest growing economies, the clash of youth and age, and the ever-present specter of death. But more than that, it is a novel about the human heart – and its inevitable breaking point.
‘Revelatory. Urgent and irresistible. … One of the most exquisite and original novels of the year.’ (The Sunday Times)
‘We that are young is like nothing else. Its daring is outrageous.’ (Literary Review)
‘Urgent and exhilarating… We that are young cuts rage with poetry – and produces a memorable national epic.’ (The TLS)
‘Brilliant… finely crafted… Taneja has given us that rarest of beasts: a page-turner that is also unabashedly political.’ (The Guardian)
‘A remarkable picture of contemporary India… Taneja’s sensuous writing brings women’s predicaments to life – [and issues] a chilling warning.’ (The Irish Times)
Winner of the 2018 Desmond Elliott Prize
Shortlisted for the Jan Michalski prize
Shortlisted for the republic of consciousness prize
Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize
Photo credit: Louise Haywood Shiefer
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