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Maps for Lost Lovers

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It is fairly gruelling reading as it makes you confront the contradictions of muslim traditions/in­terpretations of the Koran etc as well as the difficulties of living as an immigrant and having you children grow up in a culture with different values.

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WINNER OF THE KIRIYAMA PRIZE • If Gabriel García Márquez had chosen to write about Pakistani immigrants in England, he might have produced a novel as beautiful and devastating as Maps for Lost Lovers. Jugnu and Chanda have disappeared. Like thousands of people all over England, they were lovers and living together out of wedlock. To Chanda’s family, however, the disgrace was unforgivable. Perhaps enough so as to warrant murder.   As he explores the disappearance and its aftermath through the eyes of Jugnu’s worldly older brother, Shamas, and his devout wife, Kaukab, Nadeem Aslam creates a closely observed and affecting portrait of people whose traditions threaten to bury them alive. The result is a tour de force, intimate, affecting, tragic and suspenseful.

Author Biography:

Nadeem Aslam is the author of a previous award-winning novel, Season of the Rainbirds (1993). He was born in Pakistan and now lives in England.
Release date NZ
May 9th, 2006
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  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
400
Dimensions
132x203x21
ISBN-13
9781400076970
Product ID
3984667

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