Saraswati

Gurnaik Johal

Centuries ago, the holy river Saraswati flowed through what is now Punjab. Many dismiss this as myth, but when Satnam arrives in his ancestral village for his grandmother's funeral, he finds water in the dried-up well behind her house. The discovery sets in motion a contentious scheme to unearth the lost river as an act of Hindu nationalist pride. The river changes the course of Satnam's life, and those of six others. As legends and histories resurface, the distant relatives - from a Canadian eco-saboteur to a Mauritian pest exterminator to a Bollywood stunt double - are brought together in a rapidly changing India. Ambitious, moving and brimming with folklore, 'Saraswati' is a tour de force from one of Britain's most feted young writers.

Author(s): Johal, Gurnaik
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 12/06/2025
Pagination: 384 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Serpent's Tail
Published By: Serpent's Tail
Book Classification: Fiction & related items|Modern & contemporary fiction|Fiction: general & literary
Dimensions: 30x236x33
Weight: 660
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781788169486