Kiran Desai
Born September 3, 1971
She won the 2006 Man Booker Prize.
Quotes
“I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere”
Interview 12 October 2006 , The Guardian “In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.”
Kiran Desai on the Costs Of Literary Celebrity April 21, 2007 by Jeffrey A. Tr “I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.”
an interview with kiran desai, Random House
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Books by Kiran Desai in order
Books by Kiran Desai in the order they were published, from Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998) to Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (2025).
