Kiran Desai was named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction ..

Kiran Desai was named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction with The Inheritance of Loss, published by Hamish Hamilton.
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/2006prize/winner
Any reviews on The Inheritance of Loss?

I found it beautifully-written, but it took me a good long while to finish it, not least because it was so depressing. Here's my take on it:

Passionate, sweeping evocation of the immigrant experience, from the time of the Raj to the present day. Desai's prose soars, shines and shimmers as she chronicles the lives and choices of the dispossessed, the soul-destroying choices made by Indian immigrants across the generations. Fierce and tender by turns, this is a deeply-felt chronicle of the dispossessed, both the foreign-educated elite living in India and those seeking better opportunities in the New World.

Here's the full review

I really enjoyed this book, although it was not an "easy" read. Desai's use of language is lyrical and compelling. I found myself thinking about this book long after I finished it and actually liking it more as I have discussed it on several reading groups. I just recently bought her book Hullaballo in the Guava Orchard.

I'm also thinking of getting her other book Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard. How are you finding it?

I thought The Inheritance of Loss was beautiful. She is great at pulling you into a place, a feeling, and sweeping you along to the next one. Michael Ondaatje does the same for me. You have the feeling of imminent heartbreak the whole time, but you don't want to stop.

I finally remembered the name of another book I read years ago and think about often - another beautiful but sad story - it was The God of Small Things by Arundati Roy. Has anyone read it? I'm not sure I have it exactly right - Touchstones does not appear to be finding it!

#4 (JC) I haven't started Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard orchard yet. I probably won't get to it right away as I have lots of books ahead of it in the stacks :) But, when I do, I'll post here!

Yes i have read The God of small things. One of the books of Arundati which really touched my heart. Inheritance of loss is another beautifuly written book.