MLF25: Kiran Desai

Manchester Museum

12th October 2025

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Price £12.00

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oin acclaimed author Kiran Desai as she discusses her long-awaited novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, an epic and intimate love story spanning India, the USA, and Mexico over a decade of shifting politics.

Twenty years after winning the Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran returns with her most ambitious work yet, exploring the lives of Sonia and Sunny as they navigate family, tradition, desire, and the forces of country, class, race, and history. Hosted by Mishika Narula, co-founder of Brown Girl Bookshelf, this is a rare opportunity to hear one of today’s most brilliant literary voices.

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