The Complex: An Evening with Karan Mahajan
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author talks
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humanities and art
In celebration of Karan Mahajan’s third novel, The Complex, Yaddo is delighted to partner with the Brooklyn Public Library to bring you an evening with the brilliant author whose “magisterial” fiction explores ambition, family, love, and political power in Modi’s India.
Karan Mahajan is the author of The Association of Small Bombs, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. His debut novel, Family Planning, was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He has been selected as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists, and his writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New York Review of Books, and other venues. He is an associate professor of Literary Arts at Brown University.
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06/09/2026 06:30 pm
06/09/2026 08:00 pm
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The Complex: An Evening with Karan Mahajan
<p>In celebration of Karan Mahajan’s third novel, <em><strong>The Complex</strong></em><strong>,</strong> <a href="https://yaddo.org">Yaddo</a> is delighted to partner with the Brooklyn Public Library to bring you an evening with the brilliant author whose “magisterial” fiction explores ambition, family, love, and political power in Modi’s India.</p><p><strong><img src="https://static.bklynlibrary.org/prod/public/inline-images/Karan%20Mahajan%20%28c%29%20Briscoe%20Savoy.jpg" data-align="right" data-entity-uuid="018776e1-1231-401a-9e2d-ec0c9421548a" data-entity-type="file" alt="KM_headshot" width="334" height="223">Karan Mahajan</strong> is the author of <em>The Association of Small Bombs</em>, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by <em>The New York Times Book Review</em>. His debut novel, <em>Family Planning</em>, was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He has been selected as one of <em>Granta</em>’s Best Young American Novelists, and his writing has appeared in <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>The New York Times</em>, …
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