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Title | Maps for Lost Lovers | Height | 198 mm |
Author | Nadeem Aslam | Width | 129 mm |
ISBN-13 | 9780571221837 | Binding | PAPERBACK |
ISBN-10 | #0571221831 | Spine Width | 25 mm |
Publisher | Alfred a Knopf Inc | Pages | |
Edition | NEW | Availability | In Stock |

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Maps for Lost Lovers
Author: Nadeem Aslam
At the heart of this extraordinary novel lies the character of Kaukab, a wife and mother increasingly out of touch with those she loves most: her homeland, her husband and her three increasingly estranged and westernised children. Her faith in her religion and family is her only support. The disappearance of her brother-in-law Jugnu and his lover Chanda and their suspected At the heart of this extraordinary novel lies the character of Kaukab, a wife and mother increasingly out of touch with those she loves most: her homeland, her husband and her three increasingly estranged and westernised children. Her faith in her religion and family is her only support. The disappearance of her brother-in-law Jugnu and his lover Chanda and their suspected murder forms the dramatic backdrop for a year of turmoil in the life of Kaukabs splintering family. Maps for Lost Lovers opens the heart of a family at the crossroads of culture, community, nationality and religion, and expresses both their joys and their pain in a language that is arrestingly poetic.