{"product_id":"9781805225812-saraswati","title":"Saraswati","description":"\u003cp\u003eA debut novel bursting its banks with wondrous storytelling, for fans of David Mitchell, Sunjeev Suhota and Yaa Gyasi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A writer we will be talking about for years to come' Neel Mukherjee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A new talent of the kind that comes along rarely' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCenturies ago, they say that the holy river Saraswati flowed through what is now Punjab, alongside the Indus River and its five tributaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome dismiss this as myth or allegory, but when Satnam arrives in Punjab for his grandmother's funeral, he finds water in the dried-up well behind her house. The discovery sets in motion a contentious government scheme to unearth this lost river as an act of Hindu nationalist pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing each river as threads in a tapestry, Gurnaik Johal takes us through the lives of seven people whose histories resurface with a river that will change the course of their future forever. Ambitious, moving and brimming with rich folklore, Saraswati is a debut novel from one of Britain's most-feted young writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43375908356232,"sku":"9781805225812","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0371\/3443\/4440\/files\/saraswati-9781805225812-552630.jpg?v=1741715741","url":"https:\/\/littlelostbookshop.com.au\/products\/9781805225812-saraswati","provider":"The Little Lost Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}