# @thebookerprizes on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi2V1TKlCqc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24488117-thebookerprizes-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/44426606c9.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-05-16T18:53:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Booker Prizes (@thebookerprizes) — https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes

## Caption

Kiran Desai’s mother Anita Desai, herself shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, was delighted when her daughter won in 2006 with The Inheritance of Loss 
In the north-eastern Himalayas, at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, in an isolated and crumbling house - there lives an embittered old judge, who wants nothing more than to retire in peace #ManBooker50 festival 6 - 8 July 2018

## Stats

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- **Likes:** 387
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- **Comments:** 14

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Booker Prizes | @thebookerprizes | https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes | Awards Organization |

## Tags

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