Kiran Desai



Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.

Quotes

 * I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.
 * an interview with kiran desai, Random House


 * I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere
 * Interview (12 October 2006), The Guardian


 * I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.
 * Kiran Desai Talk Asia interview (April 24, 2007), CNN


 * New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to leave. Every time I go there I immediately make travel plans.
 * "I am envious of writers who are in India" (October 30, 2006), Interview by Nabanita Sircar, India Today


 * The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from and I am lucky to be part of it.
 * "I am envious of writers who are in India" (October 30, 2006), Interview by Nabanita Sircar, India Today


 * In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.
 * Kiran Desai on the Costs Of Literary Celebrity (April 21, 2007) by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, The Wall Street Journal