Nadeem Aslam

Maps for Lost Lovers

A small Pakistani town's Muslim and Christian communities confront a couple's forbidden love

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Nadeem Aslam
Nadeem Aslam

Pakistani-British novelist whose lyrical, richly imagined novels explore the scars of Pakistan's recent history and the clash of civilizations. Maps for Lost Lovers and The Wasted Vigil are among his most celebrated works. He is one of the finest prose stylists among South Asian writers in English.

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