Kiran Desai is the daughter of well-known novelist Anita Desai, and she's rapidly becoming well-known in her own right. Her first novel, "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard," won lots of praise. Her ...

Over the course of many years of both novel-reading and theatergoing I find I have become preoccupied with endings. It seems they're just so very difficult to do. Overly tidy denouements are hard to ...

Kiran Desai's ‘The Inheritance of Loss’ leaves readers with lingering questions about identity, belonging, and the quiet tragedies of colonialism. If you found yourself captivated by her delicate ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — A new novel from Kiran Desai ...

Is there another recent superhero movie that overtly invites open weeping before the plot kicks in? If there is, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” director Ryan Coogler overrides previous efforts by ...