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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025An epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of LossBOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 ACCORDING TO NEW STATESMAN, I PAPER, BBC, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE NEW YORK TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, OBSERVERWhen Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India, fearing she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work yet by one of our greatest novelists.'A starburst of a novel, dazzling and unforgettable' Observer'A transcendent triumph . . . better company than real-life people' The New York Times'A novel of stunning scope and ambition' Irish Times'A dazzling epic . . . immensely entertaining' Guardian'Gorgeous, transporting fiction' Financial Times

Der neue Roman der Booker-Preisträgerin Kiran Desai: ein leuchtendes Familienepos zwischen Indien und den USASonia studiert Literatur in den verschneiten Bergen Vermonts, Sunny arbeitet als Journalist in New York und träumt von einer großen Zukunft. Als sie sich in ihrer indischen Heimat zum ersten Mal begegnen, sprühen die Funken - bis sie feststellen, dass ihre Großeltern einst eine Heirat für sie arrangieren wollten. Im Strudel ihrer chaotischen Familien, zwischen Tradition und Moderne, gehen sie sich verloren - und geben doch, auch Jahre später, die Suche nach dem gemeinsamen Glück nicht auf.Nominiert für den Booker Prize 2025Auf der Liste der 10 besten Bücher des Jahres 2025 der New York Times

A BEAUTIFUL TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING MASTERPIECE WITH A NEW PREFACE FROM THE AUTHOR'A magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and political acuteness' Hermione Lee, chair of the Booker Prize judgesHigh in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time.The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past. His orphaned granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook's heart is with his son, who is working in a New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home.Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world.'Poised, elegant and assured . . . breaks out into extraordinary beauty' The Times'Affecting and endearing, full of laughter and tears' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'Briskly paced and sumptuously written . . . ponders questions of nationhood, modernity, and class, in ways both moving and revelatory' New Yorker

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025<BR><BR>A spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years-an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity, by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss<BR><BR>When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart.<BR><BR>Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her family in India, fearing she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for intimacy and inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.<BR><BR>The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is the sweeping tale of two young people navigating the many forces that shape their lives: country, class, race, history, and the complicated bonds that link one generation to the next. A love story, a family saga, and a rich novel of ideas, it is the most ambitious and accomplished work yet by one of our greatest novelists.<BR><BR>BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 ACCORDING TO NEW STATESMAN, I PAPER, BBC, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE NEW YORK TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, OBSERVER<BR><BR>'I wanted to pack a little suitcase and stay inside this book forever' Ann Patchett <BR><BR>'Profound, sparkling, funny, exquisitely written, [The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny] teaches us how to live in full-throated exultation for the astonishments of this world' Lauren Groff

Ancora non si conoscono, Sonia e Sunny, malgrado il tentativo dei genitori di combinare il loro matrimonio. Sono entrambi indiani, figli di famiglie agiate che li hanno mandati a studiare e a farsi una carriera negli Stati Uniti: Sonia, che vive in un college nel nevoso Vermont, sogna di diventare scrittrice ed è invischiata in una relazione tossica con un pittore folle e narcisista; Sunny è un giornalista agli esordi, irrequieto e ambizioso, che tenta di costruirsi un futuro a New York per sfuggire a una madre tirannica e possessiva. Non si conoscono, ma tutti e due avvertono la solitudine di chi, sradicato, si ritrova in bilico fra due mondi, sospeso tra il desiderio di recidere i legami con una cultura sentita come arretrata e oppressiva e l'impossibilità di accogliere fino in fondo una nuova identità. Sarà un incontro fortuito su un treno notturno, in India, a far nascere un amore travolgente ma fragile, minato da incertezze e timori, cui seguirà un lungo distacco e una serie interminabile di avventure e disavventure - viaggi, malattie, faide familiari, delitti, trasformazioni - forse dovute alla perdita di un misterioso amuleto tibetano, che Sonia e Sunny dovranno ritrovare per ritrovarsi. Entrare in questo libro è come immergersi nelle acque di un fiume che si getta in altri fiumi, sempre più ampi e vorticosi, fino a formare un oceano di storie: storie intrecciate le une alle altre, che solo dopo essere attraversate rivelano il suo 'tesoro nascosto'. È la magia dei grandi romanzi. E La solitudine di Sonia e Sunny, di Kiran Desai - con la sua scrittura oceanica e traboccante di immagini, di colori, di humour - dovrebbe essere salutato come uno dei romanzi magici dei nostri tempi. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge’s cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai’s brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.