Archive · 23 Sep 2025
Kiran Desai on Loneliness, Fame, and Her New Book
Kiran Desai, who won the Booker Prize, has a new book coming out after a long time.
This new book is about different kinds of loneliness, like feeling alone when you move to a new place or miss your family.
Desai says her own experiences in college helped inspire the book.
She also talks about how hard it is to make art when everyone is busy with other things.
Desai says that fame can be lonely.
She also learned a lot about the public eye from her mother, who is also a writer.
Kiran Desai's new book, "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny," took 20 years to write.
The book explores themes of loneliness, migration, and solitude.
Desai reflects on her own experiences with loneliness in college.
She discusses her relationship with fame and the challenges of the public eye.
Her mother, writer Anita Desai, has influenced her view of public life.
- Who
- Kiran Desai
- What
- Discussing her new book, "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny," and her relationship with fame.
- When
- After nearly two decades of writing
- Where
- Interview conducted from her New York home.
- Why
- To discuss themes of loneliness, migration, and the writing process.
- New Book Title
- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
- Booker Prize Winner
- Kiran Desai
- Years to Write New Book
- 20
- Book's Themes
- Loneliness, Migration, Solitude
- Author's Mother
- Anita Desai