The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2006 | Winner |
| National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)Fiction | 2006 | Winner |
About This Book
Set in the Himalayan foothills of northeastern India in the 1980s, the novel traces the lives of an embittered retired judge, his orphaned granddaughter Sai, and his cook, whose son has gone to work as an illegal immigrant in New York. Against a backdrop of Nepali insurgency, the novel explores themes of colonialism, lost identity, and the vast divide between the First World and the Third.
About the Author
Kiran Desai is an Indian author born in Delhi, the daughter of author Anita Desai. She lived in Punjab and Mumbai, attending Cathedral and John Connon School, before leaving India at age fourteen. She spent a year in England with her mother, then moved to the United States, where she studied creative writing at Bennington College, Hollins University, and Columbia University. Read more →
