{"product_id":"johal-gurnaik-saraswati","title":"Johal, Gurnaik - Saraswati","description":"A masterpiece debut novel from one of the UK's most\nexciting young writers, for fans of David Mitchell,\nDeepti Kapoor and Zadie Smith\n* AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST 2025* AN INDEPENDENT\nBEST BOOK OF 2025 * A TELEGRAPH GREATEST BOOK OF 2025\n*\n'An ambitious, stylishly delivered novel ... Reminiscent of Salman Rushdie'\nOBSERVER\n'Johal has written a major novel, and at his very first attempt ... almost everything\nin Saraswati works beautifully' TELEGRAPH, 5-STAR REVIEW\n'Saraswati is a major achievement, and Johal a huge talent. This should be one\nof the biggest novels of the year' Martin MacInnes, Booker-longlisted author\nof In Ascension\nCenturies ago, the myths say, the holy river Saraswati flowed through what is\nnow Northern India. But when Satnam arrives in his ancestral village for his\ngrandmother's funeral, he is astonished to find water in the long-dry well behind\nher house. The discovery sets in motion a contentious scheme to unearth\nthe lost river and build a gleaming new city on its banks, and Satnam - adrift\nfrom his job, girlfriend and flat back in London - soon finds himself swept up\nin this ferment of Hindu nationalist pride.\nAs the river alters Satnam's course, so it reveals buried ties to six distant\nrelatives scattered across the globe - from an ambitious writer with her eye\non legacy to a Kenyan archaeologist to a Bollywood stunt double - who are\nbrought together in a rapidly changing India. Brimming with love, lush, violence\nand loss, Gurnaik Johal's magisterial debut deftly animates the passions\nthat bind us to our histories, our lands and each other.","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50907750924566,"sku":"RMX-59974","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/1f26c17bf34ee68dad532cbfa6df788a.jpg?v=1767708389","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/johal-gurnaik-saraswati","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}