Indian author Kiran Desai walked on stage Wednesday night with a book in her hand and a wealth of experience and knowledge to share.
Desai read an excerpt from her award-winning novel “The Inheritance of Loss” to a large crowd of more than 100 University students in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.
The book touches on some of her own experiences as an Indian immigrant, but mainly aims to explore the effects of globalization and assimilation on various cultures. As the youngest winner of the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle award, Desai was a fitting choice to speak, said Carolyn Williams, director of the Writers at Rutgers Reading Series.
“I wanted to have an excellent author who could read about South Asian authors and themes,” said Williams, an English professor.
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