The Inheritance of Loss

Name: The Inheritance of Loss
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20th Anniversary Edition

Kiran Desai

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Penguin
21 July 2026

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Sagas; Fiction: special features

A BEAUTIFUL TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING MASTERPIECE WITH A NEW PREFACE FROM THE AUTHOR

High in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time.

The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past. His orphaned granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook's heart is with his son, who is working in a New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home.

Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world.

By: Kiran Desai
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Special edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781405985420
ISBN 10: 1405985429
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 21 July 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Kiran Desai is the bestselling author of two novels, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and The Inheritance of Loss, which won both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Reviews for The Inheritance of Loss: 20th Anniversary Edition

Seldom has an author offered so fearless a glimpse into how ordinary lives are caught up in the collision of modernity and cultural tradition, and in the schisms and fanaticism that all too often ensue -- Lionel Shriver * Financial Times * Affecting and endearing, full of laughter and tears * Elle * Affecting and endearing, full of laughter and tears * Independent *