We That Are Young
by Preti Taneja
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Desmond Elliott Prize | 2018 | Winner |
| Betty Trask Award | 2018 | Shortlist |
| Desmond Elliott Prize | 2017 | Shortlist |
| Desmond Elliott Prize | 2016 | Shortlist |
| Desmond Elliott Prize | 2015 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Preti Taneja's debut novel is a radical reimagining of King Lear set in contemporary India among the hyper-wealthy Devraj family, whose patriarch's division of his business empire between his daughters unleashes catastrophic violence in a landscape of extreme inequality and political corruption. Dense with the language of Shakespeare and the political reality of contemporary India, it won the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2018.
About the Author
Preti Taneja is a British novelist and human rights worker born in 1977. She studied at Cambridge and has worked for the International Justice Mission, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International. She teaches creative writing at Newcastle University and was appointed as a prison workshop creative writing teacher, an experience that profoundly influenced her work. Read more →
