Award Winning Books by
KIRAN DESAI

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 250 reviews (2006) (336p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (ALA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Kiran Desai's first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries. Now Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency challenges the old way of life. In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered old judge who wants to retire in peace when his orphaned granddaughter Sai a... more >>

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Kiran Desai Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 3   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 1   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 1 The Inheritance of Loss ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 1 The Inheritance of Loss ·   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 0   Man Booker Prize Wins 1 The Inheritance of Loss ·   Man Booker Prize Nominations 1 The Inheritance of Loss ·   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 0

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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