Saraswati (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Hardcover - dust jacket
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
In Saraswati, Gurnaik Johal presents a debut poetry collection that navigates the charged intersections of diaspora, identity, and myth — named after the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, and art. Drawing on South Asian heritage and the lived experience of displacement, Johal constructs a world where the ancient and the contemporary collide with quiet intensity, crafting poems that are at once intimate confessions and broader cultural excavations. Johal's voice is assured and distinctly modern, weaving together the personal and the political through precise, imagistic language. The collection positions itself firmly within a growing tradition of British South Asian poetry that challenges inherited silences and reclaims ancestral narratives — leaving the reader to wonder exactly where memory ends and mythology begins.
Author: Gurnaik Johal
Format: Hardback
Published: 2025, Serpents tail
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Hardcover - dust jacket
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
In Saraswati, Gurnaik Johal presents a debut poetry collection that navigates the charged intersections of diaspora, identity, and myth — named after the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, and art. Drawing on South Asian heritage and the lived experience of displacement, Johal constructs a world where the ancient and the contemporary collide with quiet intensity, crafting poems that are at once intimate confessions and broader cultural excavations. Johal's voice is assured and distinctly modern, weaving together the personal and the political through precise, imagistic language. The collection positions itself firmly within a growing tradition of British South Asian poetry that challenges inherited silences and reclaims ancestral narratives — leaving the reader to wonder exactly where memory ends and mythology begins.