The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

Quotes

“As entertaining as it is profound.”—The Boston Globe

“A dazzling epic . . . immensely entertaining.”—The Guardian

“A sweeping romance.”—Time

“Brilliant doesn’t begin to describe this novel’s profound illuminative powers.”—Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“[A] sweeping and beguiling novel.”—The New Yorker

“[A] luscious love story . . . [a] deeply satisfying read.”—Oprah Daily

“A spectacular novel—nearly ‘as abundant as life itself’—to savor, ruminate over, and, yes, even reread.”—NPR

“The family epic you’ve been waiting for. . . . Funny, tender, and gripping.”—Marie Claire

“A sweeping love story touching class, race and history.”—People

“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.”—Poets & Writers

“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.”—AARP

“The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny 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.”—Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less

“Beautifully-written, acutely observed, and richly textured, this is a stunning, transformative novel of both epic and intimate proportions.”—Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other, Winner of the Booker Prize

“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.”—Hisham Matar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Return

“Literary love stories are vanishingly rare these days, and The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny 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.”—Lauren Groff

“A powerful novel by a writer strong enough to pull back together worlds that are being pulled apart.”—Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West

“What a magnificent achievement, made all the more rare for its compulsive readability. I could not put this book down.”—Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, finalist for the Booker Prize

“This ambitious yet intimate saga is well worth the wait.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A stunner worth savoring.”—Booklist, starred review