Kiran Desai on how her new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, is a cartography of selfhood, longing and exile: ‘I wanted to treat loneliness like a form of water, morphing from one state to the
Published on: Sept. 21, 2025, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Indian Express
An exclusive interview with Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desai about her new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. Discover how she spent 20 years writing a book that explores love and identity in a globalized world. Desai discusses how she dissects the "loneliness" of immigrants, artists, and modern individuals, probing the complexities of class, race, and gender. She shares her personal experiences with solitude, creative process, and the absurdities of celebrity culture.
