Maps for Lost Lovers

Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam

In an unnamed town Jugnu and his lover Chanda have disappeared. Rumours abound in the close-knit Pakistani community, and then on a snow-covered January morning Chanda's brothers are arrested for murder. Telling the story of the next twelve months, Maps for Lost Lovers opens the heart of a family at the crossroads of culture, community, nationality and religion, and expresses their pain in a language that is arrestingly poetic. 'This is a deeply pastoral novel, tied to the seasons and resonating with birdsong ...Like Aslam, I was heartbroken when the dense, dark tapestry was finished.' Independent on Sunday 'Despite the violence that lies at the heart of the novel, it is a celebration of love and life. Sights and sounds, smells and colours are not so much vivid backdrops for the narrative as structural, mood- and texture-enhancing parts of it ...This is that rare sort of book that gives a voice to those voices that are seldom heard.' Observer

"'Despite the violence that lies at the heart of the novel, it is a celebration of love and life.. This is that rare sort of book that gives a voice to those whose voices are seldom heard.' Observer; 'Nadeem Aslam is a genuinely exciting new voice, lively, confident, uninhibited and ambitious. This is one of the most impressive... novels of recent years' Salman Rushdie"

Nadeem Aslam is the author of the award-winning novel Season of the Rainbirds (1993). He lives in the UK.Praise for Season of the Rainbirds:'Nadeem Aslam's is a genuinely exciting new voice - lively, confident, uninhibited and ambitious. This is one of the most impressive first novels of recent years.' Salman Rushdie'An exquisitely turned portrait of small-town life on the subcontinent: it is a real treat.' Daily Telegraph

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ISBN 13	9780571221837
ISBN 10	0571221831
Title	Maps for Lost Lovers
Author	Nadeem Aslam
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	2005-06-02
Number of pages	384
Prizes	Winner of Encore Award 2005, Winner of Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize - Fiction 2005, Short-listed for British Book Awards: Writer of the Year 2006, Short-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2006
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