Books by Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
The Indian author Kiran Desai's second novel leaps between the Himalayan foothills and New York City, in a purposefully dislocated narrative that interweaves the story of the violent 1980s rebellion of ethnic Nepalese in Kalimpong, West Bengal, with the emotional isolation and instability of immigrant life.
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Booker Prize-Winning Novels
The winner of the 2024 Booker Prize was Orbital, by Samantha Harvey, the first novel to win the prize that’s set in space. Below, our list of all the Booker Prize-winning novels of the last twenty years.
