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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""A spectacular literary achievement. I wanted to pack a little suitcase and stay inside this book forever.""--Ann Patchett""A novel so wonderful, when I got to the last page, I turned to the first and began again.""--Sandra Cisneros""Devastating, lyrical, and deeply romantic . . . an unmitigated joy to read.""--Khaled Hosseini""A grand and stirring love story, written in exquisite prose.""--Namwali Serpell""Magnificent . . . A masterpiece.""--Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewOne of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 New Books of the Fall - One of Book Riot's Three Most Anticipated Books of the FallWhen 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 served only 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. She fears that 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.*Includes a downloadable PDF of the family trees in the book

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""Magnificent...A masterpiece."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review""

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Kiran Desai is the bestselling author of the novels Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and The Inheritance of Loss, both of which won the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Born in India, she came to the United States when she was sixteen and now lives in New York City. Sneha Mathan is a voice actor and audiobook narrator. Her audiobook work has received several Earphones awards, and she is a three-time Audie Award finalist. She lives in Seattle.

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