Maps for Lost Lovers -- Nadeem Aslam, Paperback

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: Nadeem Aslam
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 05/09/2006
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9781400076970

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.5
Point Value: 25
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 102712 / Maps for Lost Lovers


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 05/21/2006 pg. 28

About the Author
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.