{"id":162067,"date":"2026-04-07T13:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=162067"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:00:28","slug":"lesung-und-gespraech-mit-kiran-desai","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/de\/programm\/termin\/lesung\/lesung-und-gespraech-mit-kiran-desai-162067\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesung und Gespr\u00e4ch mit Kiran Desai"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p data-renderer-start-pos=\"3558\" data-local-id=\"4dc472dd-ea4a-4093-bc17-169162af81c1\">Sonia ist Literaturstudentin in Vermont, Sunny arbeitet als Journalist in New York. Als sie sich im Nachtzug durch ihre indische Heimat begegnen, verlieben sie sich, ohne zu wissen, dass ihre Gro\u00dfeltern einst eine Ehe zwischen ihnen arrangieren wollten. Doch Sonia tr\u00e4gt noch die Last einer schwierigen Beziehung und Sunny ringt mit seiner chaotischen Familie. 20 Jahre nach dem gro\u00dfen Erfolg ihres letzten Buchs erz\u00e4hlt Booker-Preistr\u00e4gerin Desai eine bewegende Liebesgeschichte.<\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"4040\" data-local-id=\"f164a3eae3fe\">\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"4043\" data-local-id=\"c110fa026111\">Das Gespr\u00e4ch mit Kiran Desai und ihrem deutschen \u00dcbersetzer Robin Detje findet auf Englisch statt. Im Anschluss gibt es die M\u00f6glichkeit, <em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Die Einsamkeit von Sonia und Sunny<\/em>\u00a0zu erwerben und signieren zu lassen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy rev2nd\"> \n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-sm\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-sm-6 margin-bottom-sixth\" data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}'>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69e65a70c3e49\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_media_69e65a70c3e49\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264930-300x200.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":7980},\"large\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264930-1024x683.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":50778},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264930-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":4399},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264930-768x512.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":512,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":31429},\"small\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264930-440x294.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":294,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":13584},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264930-580x387.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":387,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":20596},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264930-720x480.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":480,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":28325},\"original\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264930.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":854}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Portr\\u00e4t einer Frau mit dunklen Haaren, elegant gekleidet und nachdenklich, sitzend auf einem roten Stuhl.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Video abspielen\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.71875%;\" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_media_69e65a70c3e49\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-row end-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info\" aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"isOpen ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"lazy-media-info-head button-tiny\" :class=\"{'button-active': isOpen}\" @click=\"toggle\" ref=\"head\"><span class=\"button-label insignificant\">Bildinfo<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"lazy-media-info-body\" ref=\"body\" id=\"desc_media_69e65a70c3e49\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-body-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Portr&auml;t der Autorin Kiran Desai<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"insignificant\">\u00a9 Michael Sharkey<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-head-border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-sm-6 col-md-5 copy margin-bottom-half\"><p>Kiran Desai (Indien *1971) gewann 2006 mit <em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Erbin des verlorenen Landes (<\/em>\u00dc: Robin Detje) den Booker Preis. Ihr dritter Roman, <em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Die Einsamkeit von Sonia und Sunny<\/em>, stand auf der Shortlist f\u00fcr den Booker Preis 2025 und wurde von der <em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">New York Times <\/em>unter die zehn besten B\u00fccher des Jahres gew\u00e4hlt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy rev2nd\"> \n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-sm\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-sm-6 margin-bottom-sixth\" data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-sm-6 col-md-5 copy margin-bottom-half\"><p data-renderer-start-pos=\"6282\" data-local-id=\"fd382f50c9fc\">Robin Detje wurde 1964 in L\u00fcbeck geboren und arbeitet als Autor, Regisseur, Journalist und \u00dcbersetzer in Berlin. Er hat Autoren wie William T. Vollmann, Gary Shteingart, Kiran Desai und Joshua Cohen \u00fcbersetzt und wurde mit dem Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse sowie dem Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt-Preis ausgezeichnet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image-copy rev2nd\"> \n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row middle-sm\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-sm-6 margin-bottom-sixth\" data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}'>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline lazy-max-height-exception\" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69e65a70c5081\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_media_69e65a70c5081\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264931-205x300.jpg\",\"width\":205,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19727},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264931-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":8448},\"small\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264931-300x440.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":38993},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264931-396x580.jpg\",\"width\":396,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":64362},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264931-492x720.jpg\",\"width\":492,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":93628},\"original\":{\"file\":\"SHF_eb00264931-e1775636867387.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":293}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Buchcover von \\\"Die Einsamkeit von Sonia und Sunny\\\" von Kiran Desai mit bunten Kreisen auf blauem Hintergrund.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Video abspielen\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:146.5%;\" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_media_69e65a70c5081\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-row end-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info\" aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"isOpen ? 'true' : 'false'\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"lazy-media-info-head button-tiny\" :class=\"{'button-active': isOpen}\" @click=\"toggle\" ref=\"head\"><span class=\"button-label insignificant\">Bildinfo<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"lazy-media-info-body\" ref=\"body\" id=\"desc_media_69e65a70c5081\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-body-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Kiran Desai: Die Einsamkeit von Sonia und Sunny. Aus dem Englischen von Robin Detje. S. Fischer, 2026.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"insignificant\">\u00a9 S. FISCHER, 2026<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-head-border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-sm-6 col-md-5 copy margin-bottom-half\"><p>Kiran Desai: Die Einsamkeit von Sonia und Sunny. Aus dem Englischen von Robin Detje. S. Fischer, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-headline block-no-margin \" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\".h4\">Partner<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy block-no-margin\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p><em>Eine Veranstaltung des Internationalen Literaturfestivals Berlin, in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss und dem Verlag S. 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