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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

Pages
784
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

Two young people, Sonia and Sunny, are drawn to each other on a train, despite a past attempt by their grandparents to set them up that backfired. Sonia, back in India after studying in Vermont, fears a dark spell, while Sunny, a journalist in New York, is escaping family conflict. Together, they navigate the alienations of the modern world in search of happiness.

About the author

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Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai is an Indian novelist, born in New Delhi in 1971, the daughter of novelist Anita Desai. She lived in India until age 15, then moved with her family to England and later the United States, where she studied at Bennington College and earned MFA degrees from Hollins University and Columbia University. Her debut novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, appeared in 1998. Her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for...

Characters

SoniaProtagonist
Mr. SunnyProtagonist
All characters in The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
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