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	Podcast:		Writers and Company from CBC Radio
	Episode:		Kiran Desai’s novel is worth the 20-year wait
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:41:48
	Publish Date:		2025-11-09 10:10:00
	Description:		Not many people can say that a Booker prize nomination feels like deja vu … but Kiran Desai is one of those rare people. Twenty years after her first win, Kiran is back on the Booker shortlist with her long-awaited new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. It’s an expansive book that traces the paths of two young Indians as they criss-cross the world and each others’ lives. It’s a love story, a family saga, and an exploration of the things that bring us together… and the forces that keep us apart. This week, Kiran joins Mattea to talk about crafting a novel for two decades, being the daughter of a writer and the wonder of loneliness. Liked this conversation? Keep listening: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s triumphant return to fiction What would it take to become the first Cherokee astronaut?
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