A New Path for the Novel: A Discussion on The Light at the End of the World

Born in Shillong, north-eastern India, Siddhartha Deb lives in New York. His fiction and nonfiction have been longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize, and been awarded the Pen Open prize and the 2024 Anthony Veasna So Fiction prize. His journalism and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The New Republic, Dissent, The Baffler, N+1, and Caravan.

Sponsored by Anthropology, Center for South Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity, Division of Literatures, Cultures, Languages, Department of English