Maps for Lost Lovers
By Nadeem Aslam
By Nadeem Aslam
By Nadeem Aslam
By Nadeem Aslam
Part of Vintage International
Part of Vintage International
Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction
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$19.00
May 09, 2006 | ISBN 9781400076970
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Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307426789
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Praise
WINNER OF THE KIRIYAMA PRIZE
“Impressive. . . . [Aslam’s] prose is stylistically dazzling. . . . His characters’ inner lives are explored in-depth, flaws and all. . . . A novel as affecting as it is provocative.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Extraordinary. . . . It deepens our knowledge of life. . . . Aslam has created a novel which–grave yet exultant, brutal but compassionate–achieves its complex humanity, and its final affirmations of love and beauty, through a real reckoning with despair and heartbreak.”—The New York Review of Books
“Artful . . . and heartbreaking. . . . [Aslam’s] prose is richly atmospheric, his tone engagingly introspective.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A writer’s tour de force. . . . Powerful.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Aslam is a rich and vividly metaphorical writer . . . This is an exquisitely sad novel, and it is worth the effort of letting its spell take you over.”—Newsday
“Poetic, sensuous, precisely descriptive and lavishly allusive prose . . . Maps for Lost Lovers not only an important and memorable achievement, but a book that is deeply satisfying to read.”—The Washington Times
“Aslam reveals–artfully and heartbreakingly–a psychology at war with itself . . . His prose is richly atmospheric, his tone engagingly introspective.”—Akash Kapur, The New York Times Book Review
“[An] exquisitely crafted, lushly written novel . . . Aslam combines sensual prose with a compelling storyline.”—Booklist
“Poignant, lushly written . . . a truthful story that resists easy conclusions.”—Publishers Weekly
“[A] painstakingly crafted exploration of cultural conflict . . . exquisite.”—Kirkus
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