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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

by Kiran Desai

A tentative connection across distance and family history

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A tentative connection across distance and family history

An overnight train brings Sonia and Sunny face to face after an earlier matchmaking attempt by their grandparents helped keep them apart. Their lives span India and New York: Sonia returns to her family while pursuing fiction, and Sunny is a journalist navigating family conflict and a difficult resettlement. Their search for happiness unfolds amid questions of belonging, romantic possibility, and the forms of alienation that shape modern life. At 1,060 pages, this large-print edition offers room for a broad account of two people negotiating family ties and uncertainty about what comes next.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in relationships shaped by family history and matchmaking.
  • Readers drawn to stories spanning India and New York and questions of belonging.
  • Readers seeking a long, large-print literary novel about alienation and the search for happiness.

Themes

Family ties and interferenceBelonging and alienationRomantic possibilityMigration and resettlement

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One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Fall: The New York Times, Oprah Daily, Time, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Vulture, AARP, Ms. Magazine, Bustle, Book Riot, Publishers Weekly, and Lit Hub

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 served only to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. Sonia, an aspiring novelist, has returned to her family in India. 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.

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