{"product_id":"saraswati","title":"Saraswati","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA debut novel bursting its banks with wondrous storytelling, for fans of David Mitchell, Sunjeev Suhota and Yaa Gyasi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A writer we will be talking about for years to come'\u003c\/em\u003e —Neel Mukherjee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A new talent of the kind that comes along rarely'\u003c\/em\u003e —\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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, \u003cem\u003eSaraswati \u003c\/em\u003eis a debut novel from one of Britain's most-feted young writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15.3 x 23.4 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46607672541341,"sku":"9781805225812","price":99.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/saraswati_gurnaik_johal_9781805225812.jpg?v=1742351499","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/saraswati","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}