by Nadeem Aslam · Random House · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439727095
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«El jardín de un hombre ciego» is the novel by Pakistani writer Nadeem Aslam, published by Random House in hardback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Pakistan and Afghanistan shortly before 9/11, the novel follows two brothers who leave for the war in Afghanistan while a woman awaits the return of one of them under the care of a blind old man. The plot explores family and cultural tensions in a context marked by terrorism.
The original English title is «The Blind Man's Garden», translated by Roberto Falcó Miramontes. This is the first edition, published in 2013.
For adult readers of contemporary and literary fiction, with an interest in family dramas set in historical and political contexts.
Nadeem Aslam FRSL is a British Pakistani novelist. His debut novel, Season of the Rainbirds, won the Betty Trask and the Author's Club First Novel Award. His critically acclaimed second novel Maps for Lost Lovers won Encore Award and Kiriyama Prize; it was shortlisted for International Dublin Literary Award, among others. Colm Tóibín described him as "one of the most exciting and serious British novelists writing now".
