Indian writer Kiran Desai won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss, a cross-continental saga that moves from the Himalayas to New York City.
Kiran, daughter of novelist, and three-time Booker Prize nominee, Anita Desai, had been one of the favourites for the $93,000 prize.
Judges deliberated for two hours before making their decision, hailing Kiran’s work as `a magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and powerful political acuteness.`
Kiran, daughter of novelist, and three-time Booker Prize nominee, Anita Desai, had been one of the favourites for the $93,000 prize.
Judges deliberated for two hours before making their decision, hailing Kiran’s work as `a magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and powerful political acuteness.`
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