Kiran Desai: ‘All cultures are rooted in magic’
It wasn’t until a painting arrived in her post, a gift from the Italian artist Francesco Clemente, that Kiran Desai’s latest novel – The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny – came into being, eventually finding its way onto last year’s Booker Prize shortlist. Desai was worried about losing her subject matter when she left India The haunting
