Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal #foliosociety SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE

She imagines the fate of her missing brother

and their life

in the never-ending presentness of his book - an art of the impossibly perfected everyday

How many loves do you get in a lifetime

Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal #foliosociety SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURNCenturies ago, the myths say, the holy river Saraswati flowed through what is now Northern India. But when Satnam arrives in his ancestral village for his grandmother's funeral, he is astonished to find water in the long dry well behind her house. The discovery sets in motion a contentious scheme to unearth the lost river and build a gleaming new city on its banks, and Satnam adrift from his job, girlfriend and flat back in London soon finds himself