Kiran Desai is the author of novel The Inheritance of Loss, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, making Desai at the time the youngest woman to be awarded the Booker and cementing her reputation as a powerful voice in postcolonial literature.
Desai comes to Houston with her highly anticipated new book, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. The novel intertwines the lives of two young Indian writers - Sonia, an aspiring novelist returning to India from Vermont, and Sunny, a journalist navigating life in New York. Their chance encounter on a train reverberates through family entanglements, diaspora anxieties, and creative yearning.
Desai will read from The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, followed by an on-stage conversation led by Houston writer Kartika Budhwar. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing.
Kiran Desai is the author of novel The Inheritance of Loss, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, making Desai at the time the youngest woman to be awarded the Booker and cementing her reputation as a powerful voice in postcolonial literature.
Desai comes to Houston with her highly anticipated new book, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. The novel intertwines the lives of two young Indian writers - Sonia, an aspiring novelist returning to India from Vermont, and Sunny, a journalist navigating life in New York. Their chance encounter on a train reverberates through family entanglements, diaspora anxieties, and creative yearning.
Desai will read from The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, followed by an on-stage conversation led by Houston writer Kartika Budhwar. The evening will conclude with a book sale and signing.
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