Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desai , on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) returned to the coveted literary award shortlist with ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’, a novel described by the judges as a “vast and immersive” tale about a pair of young Indians in America.

The 53-year-old Delhi-born author, who won the Booker Prize 19 years ago in 2006 with ‘The Inheritance of Loss’, joins six writers from around the world on the coveted literary shortlist.

Ms. Desai’s latest novel stands out as the longest, weighing in at 667 pages and published by Hamish Hamilton.

“An intimate and expansive epic about two people finding a pathway to love and each other. Rich in meditations about class, race and nationhood, this book has it all,” judges said of Desai’s latest work.

She spent almost 20 ye

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