Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011.
If you have read books set in India, then you must add 'Saraswati Park' to your canon. If you haven't made that step feeling, perhaps, that India is a different world, far removed from your own experience and comprehension, then this is a great place to start your journey. After only two or three pages you will be transported into human thoughts and feelings that are common to your own and easy on the imagination.
In fact, you will love this book. 'His shirt was crisp; it hung at a polite distance from his body'. A tremendous first novel from an exciting young author recently chosen as one of the Telegraph's '20 under 40' best UK writers. Sheer delight.
Famous for its electric chaos, the city of Bombay also accommodates pockets of calm. In one such space works Mohan, a contemplative man who has spent his life observing people from his seat as a letter-writer outside the main post office. But Mohan's lack of engagement with the world has caused a thawing of his marriage.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Famous for its electric chaos, the city of Bombay also accommodates pockets of calm. In one such space works Mohan, a contemplative man who has spent his life observing people from his seat as a letter-writer outside the main post office.
Saraswati Park features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Debut Books of the Month, Debuts, eBooks of the Month, Book Club Recommendations, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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Saraswati Park was written by Anjali Joseph and published by Fourth Estate Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Saraswati Park has 261 pages
