under this university life ensamble thing there is this subtlety and freedom in the dealing with the political question that makes me feel like no one does this in the west, or maybe no one just writes like arundhati roy

Shrewd semi-naturalistic comedy about a group of architecture students struggling to attune themselves to their impending adulthood. Feels like a violent mix of whimsical 90s campus romp & politically weighted 70s depressant. This tonal conflict along with various off-kilter narrative choices express the erratic feeling of growing up with weird effortlessness. Has clear autobiographical heft & kinda works as an origin story for Arundhati Roy (yes I consider her a superhero of modern literature).