{"product_id":"the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny","title":"The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"As entertaining as it is profound.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dazzling epic . . . immensely entertaining.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sweeping romance.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliant doesn't begin to describe this novel's profound illuminative powers.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] sweeping and beguiling novel.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] luscious love story . . . [a] deeply satisfying read.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Oprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A spectacular novel--nearly 'as abundant as life itself'--to savor, ruminate over, and, yes, even reread.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The family epic you've been waiting for. . . . Funny, tender, and gripping.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Marie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sweeping love story touching class, race and history.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning . . . an epic, according to some early reviewers, 'immersive' with its cast of fascinating characters, shifting locales, and a plot that not only is a love story, but also contains elements of a bildungsroman, thriller, and murder mystery.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Poets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This gorgeously written, multilayered novel is a love story of sorts, but it's arguably more about seeking identity and belonging while navigating two cultures, and intense family ties that both pull and repel.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--AARP\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/i\u003e achieves the ultimate of what a book should do: carry us away into other peoples' lives, thinking as they think, feeling as they feel, until it comes around and shows us to ourselves. Grand, magnificent, intimate, more than wonderful, this is a novel you will hold close to your heart. I certainly did. I cannot recommend it enough.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautifully-written, acutely observed, and richly textured, this is a stunning, transformative novel of both epic and intimate proportions.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Bernardine Evaristo, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl, Woman, Other\u003c\/i\u003e, Winner of the Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kiran Desai reveals the breadth and depth of time, how it weighs on families and nations caught within the drama of history. She captures this with a rare and astute sensitivity that, no matter her subject, casts a light on our present.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Hisham Matar, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Return \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Literary love stories are vanishingly rare these days, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunn\u003c\/i\u003ey is that even more precious thing: a love story that's also profound, sparkling, funny, exquisitely written, and that teaches us how to live in full-throated exultation for the astonishments of this world. It has so many urgent things to say--about the costs and consolations of art, about power and class and race and freedom--that reading the book feels like a long conversation at night with your most interesting and ardent friend.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Lauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful novel by a writer strong enough to pull back together worlds that are being pulled apart.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mohsin Hamid, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eExit West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What a magnificent achievement, made all the more rare for its compulsive readability. I could not put this book down.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Maaza Mengiste, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"This ambitious yet intimate saga is well worth the wait.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A stunner worth savoring.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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\"-- Provided by publisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKiran Desai \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of the novels \n\u003ci\u003eHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss, \u003c\/i\u003e which won both 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBooker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss; The Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted; The New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eONE OF\u003ci\u003e THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003cbr\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003ePEOPLE'\u003c\/i\u003eS TOP 5 BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST\u003cbr\u003eKIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Economist, Harper's Bazaar, The Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, Elle, Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eLibby\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD - A LIBBY BOOK AWARD NOMINEE - ONE OF \u003ci\u003eBOOKPAGE\u003c\/i\u003e'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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 \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A transcendent triumph . . . not so much a novel as a marvel.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A magnificent saga.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Lavish, funny, smart, and wise, this is a novel that will last.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A spectacular literary achievement. I wanted to pack a little suitcase and stay inside this book forever.\"--Ann Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A novel so wonderful, when I got to the last page, I turned to the first and began again.\"--Sandra Cisneros\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Devastating, lyrical, and deeply romantic . . . an unmitigated joy to read.\"--Khaled Hosseini\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A masterpiece.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sweeping page-turner, \u003ci\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/i\u003e is a kind of Romeo and Juliet story for a modern, globalized age.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(Top 10 New Fall Books)\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSonia, 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2025 pg. 2 (EAN 9780307700155, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 23 (EAN 9780307700155, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/15\/2025 (EAN 9780307700155, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/21\/2025 (EAN 9780307700155, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 23 (EAN 9781101947494, Other) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Hogarth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496196342038,"sku":"9780307700155","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780307700155.jpg?v=1783057286","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}