by Nadeem Aslam · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571221837
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«Maps for Lost Lovers» is the contemporary novel by Nadeem Aslam, published in paperback (384 pages, in English).
In an English city, the disappearance of Jugnu and Chanda sows rumours in the Pakistani community; after the arrest of Chanda's brothers, the narrative spans the following twelve months. The centre is Kaukab, a wife and mother detached from her land and her westernised children, and her family divided between culture, community, nationality and religion.
Winner of the Kiriyama Fiction Prize and the RSL Encore Award in 2005, it was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Dublin Literary Award.
Suitable for reading groups and for those seeking contemporary fiction about migration, identity and family life.
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".
