Gurnaik Johal & Madeleine Thien: Places in Flux

Take imaginative flight with two international novelists whose work takes us to truly marvellous realms. Gurnaik Johal (Somerset Maugham Award-winner for story collection, We Move) presents his debut novel, Saraswati, where a mythical holy river flowing again causes personal and political turmoil. Meanwhile, Madeleine Thien’s philosophical The Book of Records sees a woman and her father arrive at the Sea: a fantastical place containing intellectual migrants and refugees from throughout history. In conversation with Dina Nayeri.

Supported by the High Commission of Canada in the UK and the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation.

Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Debut, Fiction

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