The Inheritance of Loss
Indian novelist, born 1971. Won the Booker Prize in 2006.
The Inheritance of Loss is a 2006 novel by Kiran Desai. It won the Booker Prize in 2006.
On 2 of the 14 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Kiran Desai
- First published
- 2006
- Length
- 336 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 2006
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2007
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Migration and identity, Empire and colonialism, Class and society
Is The Inheritance of Loss worth reading?
2 of the 14 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2006) | Winner | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2007) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Inheritance of Loss
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2008), 336 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2008)
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780141027289
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Inheritance of Loss
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 56% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work