Jaya Ganga: In Search Of The River Goddess

by Vijay Singh

Novel tracing the exploration of a young Indian from Paris journeying the Ganga, his experiences. excellent reviews, and made into a cult French film

Genres: Fiction

198 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Poetry flowing into prose, much as the river flows into the sea: that's how I felt when I read the book some years ago.
I love the way the book describes the life of Jaya side-by-side with the flow of the River Ganga in India. I felt as if I was journeying down the river with the main character.
It's interesting because you think of the river as something that Indians find pure, and even though the lives of the characters are more earthy and less pure, the author has found a way to meld them together.
This book is a travelogue and a work of fiction flowing together!

[Natalie Soysa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The reader takes you on a pilgrimage of the soul as he travels down the entire route of the Ganges bearing with himself a broken heart from the streets of Paris; a journey that links the broken hearted with seekers of the mysteries of life. As obsessively as I read the book (while at the Ganges myself), I felt that the last chapter was a complete letdown though, because I felt that writer assumed that I had already become a believer while I was just on the path to getting there.

[Mandakini Narain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jaya Ganga, In Search Of The River Goddess by Vijay Singh
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Title in French: Jaya Ganga, Le Gange et son double.

This book was later made into a film, Jaya Ganga (French: Jaya, fille du Gange) by the same author.
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