Jyoti Patel with Nihal Arthanayake

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<p>This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by the second winner of Stormzy's Merky Books Prize, and she was also one of the Observer's best new novelists, it's Jyoti Patel.</p><br><p>Jyoti joins us to discuss her debut novel, <em>The Things That We Lost</em>, a story of family, loss and how far we go to protect those we love.</p><br><p>Also discussed on the podcast is the experience of mixing British and Gujarati cultures, the privilege of studying the arts, the importance of being your authentic self, the idea of the perfect sentence, and where it is that Jyoti feels the writer's life most intensely.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and please do leave us a review –&nbsp;it really does help us. And finally, to find out more about the #PenguinPodcast, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/podcasts.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.penguin.co.uk/podcasts</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>