Brannavan Gnanalingam

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• Sprigs

  Written in English

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  Sprigs

  Sprigs

  Brannavan Gnanalingam · 37 when first published

  Novel

  AIAI-generated summary:One Saturday fifteen-year-old Priya watches two boys' schools fight for the college rugby title; that night, at the team's party, her friends drift away and she is left on her own.

• Sodden Downstream

  Written in English

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  Sodden Downstream

  Sodden Downstream

  Brannavan Gnanalingam · 34 when first published

  Novel · Migration

  AIAI-generated summary:As a supposedly rare great storm shuts Wellington's roads and trains, Sita, a Tamil refugee from Sri Lanka living in the Hutt Valley, must still get to her evening shift cleaning offices downtown or lose her contract.