New Releases by Kiran Desai

”Et mirakel af en roman.” – The New York Times Book Review Shortlistet til Bookerprisen 2025. Da Sonia og Sunny første gang får øje på hinanden i et nattog gennem Indien i 1990’erne, bliver de øjeblikkeligt betaget af hinanden – og samtidig pinligt berørte over, at deres bedsteforældre engang klodset forsøgte at føre dem sammen i et arrangeret ægteskab. Sonia er en håbefuld forfatterspire, der vender hjem til Indien efter en ensom tilværelse som studerende og galleriansat i USA. Hun frygter, at hun er hjemsøgt af en mørk forbandelse kastet af en kunstner, som hun engang søgte intimitet og inspiration hos. Sunny er en hårdtarbejdende journalist, der bor i New York og er flygtet fra sin dominerende mor og den korrupte familieklan, han kommer fra. Sammen jagter Sonia og Sunny lykken i et forsøg på at overvinde en usikker fremtid og et kærlighedsløst liv. Sonia og Sunny er en svimlende ambitiøs og gribende historie, der spænder over kontinenter og år. Om kærlighed og familie, Indien og Amerika, klasse og race, hjemlængsel og migration. Og ikke mindst om ensomhed i vores moderne liv. Kiran Desai blev født i Indien og flyttede som teenager til USA. I 2006 modtog hun Bookerprisen for romanen Det tabte land. Hun var næsten 20 år om at skrive sin store, episke kærlighedsroman Sonia og Sunny. Den var på shortlisten til Bookerprisen, udkommer i 20 lande, og er kåret til en af årets bedste bøger i engelsksprogede medier fra The New York Times til The Guardian.

Der neue Roman der Booker-Preisträgerin Kiran Desai: ein leuchtendes Familienepos zwischen Indien und den USA Sonia 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 2025 Auf der Liste der 10 besten Bücher des Jahres 2025 der New York Times

Ganadora del Man Booker Prize y del National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Una extraordinaria novela sobre el amor, la pérdida y el desarraigo. Nueva edición con un prólogo inédito de la autora. Galardonada con los dos premios más prestigiosos de la literatura en lengua inglesa, el Man Booker Prize y el National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, El legado de la pérdida es una novela de extraordinaria amplitud y sensibilidad. Ambientada a mediados de los años ochenta, entre el norte de la India y las calles de Nueva York, explora los deseos, conflictos y desarraigos que definen nuestro mundo contemporáneo. En una casa aislada y en ruinas, al pie del Himalaya, vive un viejo juez que anhela retirarse en paz cuando su nieta huérfana, Sai, llega a su puerta. El cocinero del juez, un hombre bondadoso a quien le fascina contar historias, la cuida con afecto, aunque sus pensamientos viajan lejos, hacia su hijo Biju, que encadena trabajos precarios en los restaurantes de Nueva York mientras intenta mantenerse un paso por delante del Servicio de Inmigración y hallar su lugar en el mundo. En las montañas, una insurgencia nepalí sacude la región y altera el incipiente amor de Sai por su joven tutor, Gyan, atraído por la rebelión y las promesas de cambio. Las vidas de todos -el juez, el cocinero, la nieta y el hijo ausente- se ven arrastradas por la misma corriente de incertidumbre y deseo, mientras la nación entera se debate entre la esperanza y la traición. Con una mirada lúcida y compasiva, Kiran Desai explora las fracturas del amor y del exilio, las huellas del colonialismo y las ilusiones de la globalización. Luminosa y profunda, El legado de la pérdida es una novela conmovedora sobre la condición humana, sobre los sueños y las derrotas que conforman la vida moderna, y sobre cómo, a veces, lo que se pierde revela con más fuerza quiénes somos. La crítica ha dicho: «Serena, elegante y segura. [ ] Alcanza una belleza extraordinaria.» The Times «Kiran Desai logra explorar, con intimidad y lucidez, prácticamente todos los grandes temas contemporáneos de alcance internacional: la globalización, el multiculturalismo, la desigualdad económica, el fundamentalismo y la violencia terrorista. [ ] Su novela parece iluminada por una inteligencia moral a la vez feroz y compasiva. [ ] La prosa de Desai posee una flexibilidad y un equilibrio asombrosos. Es imposible no maravillarse ante su poder artístico.» Pankaj Mishra, The New York Times Book Review «Una historia que se mueve entre dos mundos: la promesa de una vida mejor y el precio que inevitablemente hay que pagar por ella.» San Francisco Chronicle «Ágil en su ritmo y de una prosa suntuosa, la novela reflexiona sobre la nación, la modernidad y la clase social, de un modo tan conmovedor como revelador.» The New Yorker «Si las reseñas literarias fueran directas al grano, ésta diría simplemente: ¡Es una novela fantástica! ¡Léanla!» The Boston Globe «Impresionante. [ ] Una gran novela que se extiende desde la India hasta Nueva York; una obra ambiciosa que penetra en la vida de la clase media y de los más pobres; una novela escrita con exuberancia, que mezcla registros coloquiales y literarios.» The Guardian «Maravillosa.» Financial Times «Emotiva y entrañable.» The Independent

El fenómeno literario del año. Tras 20 años de silencio, vuelve Kiran Desai con una novela excepcional. La historia de un gran amor Finalista del Premio Booker • Finalista del premio Kirkus • Uno de los libros más vendidos y uno de los mejores libros del año de The New York Times La soledad de Sonia y Sunny es la historia fascinante de dos jóvenes cuyos destinos se cruzan y separan a lo largo de continentes y años: una epopeya sobre el amor y la familia, la India y América, la tradición y la modernidad, que marca el regreso a la gran narrativa de Kiran Desai, ganadora del Premio Booker con El legado de la pérdida. Cuando Sonia y Sunny se encuentran por primera vez en un tren nocturno, la atracción entre ellos es inmediata, pero ambos recuerdan con incomodidad que sus abuelos intentaron emparejarlos años atrás, una torpe intromisión que solo sirvió para alejarlos. Sonia, aspirante a novelista, ha vuelto a la India tras sus estudios en las montañas nevadas de Vermont, atormentada por el posible hechizo que un artista lanzó sobre ella cuando buscaba inspiración e intimidad. Sunny, periodista en apuros instalado en Nueva York, intenta escapar de su dominante madre y del caos de su belicosa familia. Ambos, inseguros de su futuro, emprenden juntos la búsqueda de la felicidad mientras se enfrentan a las múltiples formas de alienación del mundo moderno. La soledad de Sonia y Sunny es una arrolladora historia sobre dos jóvenes que navegan entre las fuerzas que moldean sus vidas: el país, la clase, la raza, la historia y los lazos invisibles que unen a una generación con la siguiente. Historia de amor, saga familiar y gran novela de ideas, es la obra más ambiciosa y lograda hasta la fecha de una de las escritoras más brillantes de nuestro tiempo. La crítica ha dicho: «Un triunfo trascendente. [...] Más que una novela, una maravilla. Uno de esos libros tan excepcionales que resultan mejor compañía que las personas de la vida real.» The New York Times «Deslumbrante. [...] Esta novela flota sobre sí misma: un ojo que contempla, una voz, un pensamiento, una visión magnífica.» The Washington Post «La esperadísima tercera novela de Kiran Desai es un prodigio absoluto. [...] Una lectura deliciosa. [...] Desai consigue una auténtica alquimia literaria.» The Daily Telegraph «Una historia de amor épica. [...] Una saga sorprendente de principio a fin, rebosante de acontecimientos. [...] En medio de todo ello, Desai encuentra espacio para afiladas sátiras, desde la pomposidad de una elegante gala literaria neoyorquina hasta las intrigas del mercado matrimonial indio, además de una conmovedora reflexión sobre la experiencia migrante.» The Sunday Times «Con un peso emocional que crece página a página, es una obra entretenida, sorprendente, profunda y conmovedora. Magnífica.» The Daily Mail «Una novela oceánica que deja que las mareas de la historia discurran junto a las corrientes del azar y el destino que moldean las vidas de Sonia y Sunny.» Times Literary Supplement

In de besneeuwde bergen van Vermont voelt Sonia zich eenzaam. Ze is een studente met aspiraties om schrijver te worden. Omdat ze heimwee heeft naar haar thuisland India staat ze open voor de liefde van een oudere kunstenaar. Deze man zal haar in de komende jaren in zijn duistere greep houden. In Brooklyn is de eveneens uit India afkomstige Sunny net zo eenzaam. Hij worstelt met zijn bestaan als journalist en is constant in de war, zowel door de acties van zijn Amerikaanse vriendin, als door het land waarin hij zijn toekomst hoopt op te bouwen. In India kunnen hun families zich niet voorstellen dat Sonia en Sunny eenzaam zijn in deze grote, drukke wereld en ze regelen een ontmoeting tussen de twee. Een klunzige actie, die er alleen maar voor zorgt dat Sonia en Sunny uit elkaar worden gedreven, nog voor ze de kans krijgen om verliefd te worden op elkaar.

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.

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. 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.

Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought that ended with a vengeance the night of his birth. All signs being auspicious, the villagers triumphantly assured Sampath's proud parents that their son was destined for greatness. Twenty years of failure later, that unfortunately does not appear to be the case. A sullen government worker, Sampath is inspired only when in search of a quiet place to take his nap. "But the world is round," his grandmother says. "Wait and see! Even if it appears he is going downhill, he will come up the other side. Yes, on top of the world. He is just taking a longer route." No one believes her until, one day, Sampath climbs into a guava tree and becomes unintentionally famous as a holy man, setting off a series of events that spin increasingly out of control. A delightfully sweet comic novel that ends in a raucous bang, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is as surprising and entertaining as it is beautifully wrought.

The role of presentation and personality in interactions has been debated, downplayed, or enhanced but never ignored. As women mark their presence in the workspace, the interplay of feminism, presentation, and personality will only strengthen from its previous baseline. The urban Indian woman is exposed to, experiences, and responds to style and fashion stimuli through her transition and transformation as she goes through various life stages. As India moves from developing towards developed status, the role of women in the workforce is noteworthy. The 8.57 MN (Censusindia.gov.in, n.d.)(For details, refer to Table 1-1) married working women in urban areas form a sizeable consumer cohort with discretionary income and promise high sales potential. Working women represent 21.79% of the total labour force (The World Bank, n.d.), but the number of women in higher education is growing, comprising 53% of undergraduate, 69.6% of M.Phil., and 41.8% of PhD degrees (Catalyst.org, 2019; MHRD, 2019). Thus, The study assumes importance as gender representation in the workforce increases; this cohort will substantially contribute to fashion and lifestyle sales. Interviews related to married working women''s dress decisions are expected to reveal narratives on disposable income, materialism, success in the workplace, and desire for style and fashion. These may help her feel confident about her style, succeed and move forward in the workplace. Desire and free choice have been conditions of thriving fashion systems (Blumer, 1969; Miller, McIntyre, & Mantrala, 1993; Sproles, 1974; Vannini, 2007). Fashion agency and fashion desire of young women drive fashion pursuit, acquisition, and consumption.

The problems in this book are based on addition circuits. However, the problems have been designed to be about deduction rather than simple addition. The highly interconnected addition circuit problems from the second grade addition book have been presented as deduction problems. The difficulty level for these problems are much higher and meant for students in Middle School, while taking courses on Pre-algebra. All the problems are presented in a visual manner, using interconnected circuits. These circuits introduce notions of adding in series as well as parallel. The problems also require ability to order the sequence of additions among the circuit nodes. Such problems can help develop visual and spatial skills. Many of the problems in this book are circuit representations for generating algebraic functions such as [n!], n DEGREES2, n DEGREES3, 2 DEGREESn, and so on. Although intimidating at first sight, these problems can be solved by forming systems of linear equations. The problems in this book have been limited to single variable expressions. The deduction problems have a simple format. The final or intermediate values based on addition of intermediate circuit nodes are provided for each problem. The goal is to find all the values based on addition of the inputs. A few solved examples using algebraic expressions are provided in the beginning for illustration purposes. These problems can also be solved visual

This book is part of the visual mathematics series. All the problems are represented in a visual manner and in full color. The topics covered include addition-subtraction and multiplication-division facts. But these problems are presented as distributed or interconnected grid problems. The book has been divided into three sections. The first section provides solved examples for a small set of problems. The second section largely does not include any problems based on deduction. The third section includes the same class of problems as the earlier section, but includes some cases that require deduction. It also requires using ideas about inverse relations. Problems described as addition (multiplication) require subtraction (division) when one of the operands is unknown while the result is known. As a result, they are meant to be a little more difficult set of problems.This book has been developed as a result of feedback for earlier books in the Visual Mathematics Series, suggesting an entry level book to introduce the visual problem sets. The problems in the book are designed based on the Elementary and Pre-Algebra book, but the problems have been largely simplified to focus on addition-multiplication facts, with a minimum of reasoning problems. They have been designed to use a variety of pictorial representations (with descriptions). The book also has problems designed around multiple arithmetic series. These problems are designed to illustrate special properties of fixed-distance number series. Finally, this book is suggested for students in third grade. The math problems in this book are of medium difficulty and they should be suitable for all students, in addition to visual learners.

This book is part of the visual mathematics series. All the problems are represented in a visual manner and in full color. The topics covered include addition-subtraction and multiplication-division facts. But these problems are presented as distributed or interconnected grid problems. The book has been divided into three sections. The first section provides solved examples for a small set of problems. The next section includes addition-multiplication problems that require deduction and reasoning skills. The third section includes the same class of problems as the earlier section, but are meant to be more difficult. Sections two and three require using ideas about inverse relations. Problems described as addition (multiplication) require subtraction (division) when one of the operands is unknown while the result is known.This book has been developed as a result of feedback for earlier books in the Visual Mathematics Series, suggesting an entry level book to introduce the visual problem sets. The problems in the book are designed based on the Elementary and Pre-Algebra book, but the problems have been simplified a little to focus on addition-multiplication facts, while introducing reasoning problems of medium difficulty. It also has problems designed around multiple arithmetic series, with various pictorial representations.This book is suggested for students in fourth grade. The problems in this book are of medium to medium-high difficulty and they should be suitable for all students, in addition to visual learners.

This book is all about addition. These problems are suggested for students in the second grade. All the problems are presented in a visual manner, using interconnected circuits. These circuits introduce notions of adding in series as well as parallel. The problems also require ability to order the sequence of additions among the circuit nodes. Such problems can help develop visual and spatial skills.The problems in this book use the addition operator and are more elaborate and difficult than the ones for first grade. Many of the problems are circuit representations for generating algebraic functions such as [n!], n^2, n^3, 2^n, and so on. It develops a curiosity in the student to experiment with other similar graphs on their own. Visual skills are highly desired in the fields of science and engineering. The books in the Visual Mathematics Series are geared to help build the foundations for a career in science, engineering, and mathematics. Similar networks are used in semiconductor chips for parallel operations using logic gates. The addition problems have a simple format. A set of pre-determined input values are provided for each problem. The goal is to find intermediate values based on addition of the inputs. The final result is provided in the problem itself. A few solved examples are provided in the beginning for illustration purposes. Solutions are provided for all problems at the end of the book.

The problems in this book are based on addition circuits. However, the problems are designed to be about deducing values rather than simple addition. The same problems from an earlier grade addition book have been presented as deduction problems. The deduction skills require a higher level of thinking and hence introduced at the fifth grade. The circuit interconnections also introduce a further level of difficulty. The difficulty arises from a need for non-serial computation and a notion of the correct order of operations.Visual skills are highly desired in the fields of science and engineering. Similar networks are normally used in computer chips for parallel addition, subtraction, comparisons, and other logic operations using an appropriate operator at each node. The problems in this book use the addition operator. All the addition circuits can also be described as algebraic expressions based on the order of evaluation, and can be an additional exercise for self study.For each circuit based problem, a subset of the intermediate values are provided. Each intermediate value is generated based on addition of all its inputs. In this book many of the input and intermediate values are not known. The goal is to find all the unknown values using deduction. It is also possible to experiment with known inputs for the same circuit to find clues to solve the problem.

This book is all about addition. These problems are suggested for students in the first grade. All the problems are presented in a visual manner, using circuit interconnections. They are suitable for all students, in addition to the visual learner. The problems are based on number placements on cells that form a network of nodes. Such problems should help develop visual skills.Visual skills are highly desired in the fields of science and engineering. The books in the Visual Mathematics Series are geared to help build the foundations for a career in science, engineering, and mathematics. Similar circuits are normally used in computer chips for parallel addition, subtraction, comparisons, and other logic operations using an appropriate operator at each node. The problems in this book use the addition operator, and are based on concepts of associativity, commutativity, and distributivity. Circuits of each type are repeated few times with different input values to familiarize with multiples for numbers upto 20.The addition problems have a simple format. A set of pre-determined input values are provided for each problem. The intermediate values generated based on addition of the inputs are not shown. The final result is provided in the problem itself. A few solved examples are provided in the beginning for illustration purposes. Solutions are provided for all problems at the end of the book.

Orpheline à seize ans, Sai, qui a passé plusieurs années sous la férule des bonnes sœurs, se retrouve chez son grand-père, juge de district à la retraite, dans le Nord de l'Inde. Elle va connaître les enchantements et les désarrois du premier amour, sous l'œil distrait du cuisinier de son grand-père, le père de Biju. Biju, quant à lui, attiré par le mythe américain, s'est expatrié à New York mais la sordide réalité est loin du rêve : solitude, dénuement, exploitation seront son lot. Déçu par l'Occident, coupé de sa culture, il n'a plus qu'à rentrer au pays.

Novel tells the story of Jemubhai Popatlal Patel, a judge living out a disenchanted retirement in Kalimpong, a hill station in the Himalayan foothills, and his relationship with his granddaughter Sai.

At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But this is far from easy with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter Sai, come to live with him and his chatty cook. Biju, the cook''s son, is trying to make his way in the US, flitting between a succession of grubby kitchen jobs to stay one step ahead of the immigration services. Unbeknown to any of them, a Nepalese insurgency threatens Kalimpong, impacting Sai''s blossoming romance, and causing the judge to revisit his past and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires.

* Wide range of problem-solving tools from management science and operations management * User-friendly, easy-to-understand environment-users learn how these tools work and how to apply them to tackle business problems * Data entry is spreadsheet oriented and easy to do * Output includes spreadsheet tables and graphic analyses * Extensive help files support the user every step of the way

D''un caractère rêveur et lymphatique, Sampath Chawla rate systématiquement tout ce qu''il entreprend. Jusqu''au jour où, lassé du monde, il décide de s''installer dans les branches d''un goyavier pour y trouver la paix, et devient brusquement un ermite célèbre. Des pèlerins affluent de l''Inde entière afin de recevoir la bénédiction du sage perché et la famille de Sampath s''enrichit en faisant la promotion du saint homme. Mais une bande de singes farceurs envahit les goyaviers et sème le trouble dans le verger... A la fois conte populaire et fable satirique, ce livre poétique et plein d''humour est aussi une très belle évocation de la culture indienne.