Reading and Conversation with Kiran Desai

German book premiere of “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny”

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Sonia is a literature student in Vermont, Sunny works as a journalist in New York. When they meet on an overnight train through their Indian homeland, they fall in love, unaware that their grandparents once wanted to arrange a marriage between them. But Sonia still carries the burden of a difficult relationship and Sunny struggles with his chaotic family. 20 years after the huge success of her last book, Booker Prize winner Desai tells a moving love story.

The discussion with Kiran Desai and her German translator Robin Detje will be held in English. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity to purchase and have The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny signed.

KiranDesai (India *1971) won the Booker Prize in 2006 with Erbin des verlorenen Landes (tr: Robin Detje). Her third novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 and was voted one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times.

Robin Detje, born in Lübeck in 1964, is an author and translator living in Berlin. in 2014, he received the Leipzig Book Fair Prize for his translation of William T. Vollmann's novel "Europe Central" and in 2017 the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation Prize.

- 16 EUR / 8 EUR- Language: English with German readings- Duration: 90 min- Location: Foyer, Room 2, ground floorTranslated with DeepL

Price: €16.00

Reduced price: €8.00

Next date:

• Date Friday, 12/June/2026 19:00 bis 20:30
• Venue Humboldt Forum
• Address Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte