The Golden Legend (Paperback) by NadeemAslam Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2018 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-33075-1, ISBN: 0-571-33075-4
The Golden Legend by NadeemAslam Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2017 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-33074-4, ISBN: 0-571-33074-6
"When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud-a fellow architect-is caught in the cross fire and dies before she can confess her greatest secret to him. Now under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, who demands that she pardon her husband's American killer, Nargis fears that the truth about her past will soon be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcast ..."
"In his characteristically luminous prose, Nadeem Aslam reflects Pakistan's past and present in a single mirror - a story of corruption, resilience, and the hope that only love and the human spirit can offer."
The Golden Legend(1st Edition) A novel by NadeemAslam Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2017 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-451-49378-1, ISBN: 0-451-49378-8
"A brave, timely, searingly beautiful novel from the acclaimed author of The Blind Man's Garden: set in contemporary Pakistan, the story of a Muslim widow and her Christian neighbors whose community is consumed by violent religious intolerance When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud--a fellow architect--is caught in the cross fire and dies before she can confess her gr ..."
Season of the Rainbirds (Paperback) by NadeemAslam Paperback, Published 2015 by Faber Faber, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-0-571-31330-3, ISBN: 0-571-31330-2
The Blind Man s Garden (Paperback) by NadeemAslam Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2014 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-28794-9, ISBN: 0-571-28794-8
The Wasted Vigil (Vintage International) by NadeemAslam Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2009 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-38874-2, ISBN: 0-307-38874-3
"In The Wasted Vigil, Nadeem Aslam, the award-winning author of Maps for Lost Lovers, brilliantly knits together five seemingly unconnected lives to create a luminous story set in contemporary Afghanistan.There s Marcus, an English expat who was married to an outspoken Afghani doctor; David, a former American spy; Lara, from St. Petersburg, looking for traces of her brother, a Russian soldier who disappeared years before; Casa, a young ..."
Maps for Lost Lovers(Reprint) by NadeemAslam Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2006 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-7697-0, ISBN: 1-4000-7697-8
"Maps for Lost Lovers is a stunningly brave and searingly brutal novel charting a year in the life of a working class community from the subcontinent--a group described by author Nadeem Aslam as "Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian and Sri Lankans living in a northern town". The older residents, who have left their homelands for the riches of England, have communally dubbed it Dasht-e-Tanhaii, which roughly translates as "the wilderness of so ..."
Maps for Lost Lovers. .(1st Edition) by NadeemAslam Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2004 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-22180-6, ISBN: 0-571-22180-7
"HardCover. Pub Date :2004-1-1 Pages: 369 In this poignant. lushly written novel. Aslam (Season of theRainbirds) explores the interwoven lives of Pakistani immigrants inan English town they have rechristened Dasht-e-Tanhaii. theWilderness of Solitude or the Desert of Loneliness. Thedisappearance of Jugnu and Chanda. lovers who broke Islamic law tolive in sin. throws the small community into upheaval. The policearrest Chandas brothers. wh ..."
Season of the Rainbirds by NadeemAslam Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 1993 by Andre Deutsch Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-233-98812-2, ISBN: 0-233-98812-2
"A sack of letters lost in a train crash nineteen years before has mysteriously reappeared, and the inhabitants of a little town in Pakistan are waiting to see what long-buried secrets will come to light. Could the letters have any bearing on Judge Anwar's murder? District Commissioner Azhar is in charge of the investigation but the rumour that he is living in sin with a Christian woman intrigues the townsfolk more than the threat of the ..."
The Golden Legend(Reprint) A novel (Vintage International) by NadeemAslam Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2018 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-101-97338-7, ISBN: 1-101-97338-2
"When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road in the fictional Pakistani city of Zamara, Nargis’s life begins to crumble around her. Soon her husband—and fellow architect—is dead and, under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, she fears that a long-hidden truth about her past will be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting people’s secrets from the minaret of the local mosque, and, in a country where even the acc ..."
The Blind Man's Garden(Reprint) (Vintage International) by NadeemAslam Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2014 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-345-80285-9, ISBN: 0-345-80285-3
"A Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Best Book of the YearGrowing up as brothers in a small town in Pakistan, Jeo and Mikal were inseparable; however as adults their paths have diverged sharply. Jeo is newly married and a dedicated medical student, while Mikal, in love with a woman he can’t have, has adopted the life of a vagabond. Nonetheless, when Jeo decides to slip across the border into Afghanistan to help civilians caught in the post-9/ ..."
The Blind Man s Garden (Paperback) by NadeemAslam Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2014 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-28793-2, ISBN: 0-571-28793-X
"Jeo and Mikal are foster brothers from a small town in Pakistan."
"Maps for Lost Lovers is a stunningly brave and searingly brutal novel charting a year in the life of a working class community from the subcontinent--a group described by author Nadeem Aslam as "Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian and Sri Lankans living in a northern town". The older residents, who have left their homelands for the riches of England, have communally dubbed it Dasht-e-Tanhaii, which roughly translates as "the wilderness of so ..."
Season of the Rainbirds(Reprint) (Vintage International) by NadeemAslam, Nadeem Am Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2013 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-345-80282-8, ISBN: 0-345-80282-9
"From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, Aslam’s exquisite first novel, the powerful story of a secluded Pakistani village after the murder of its corrupt and prominent judge. Judge Anwar’s murder sets the people of the village on edge. Their anxieties are compounded when a sack of letters, thought lost in a train crash nineteen years ago, suddenly reappears under mysterious circumstances. ..."
The Blind Man's Garden(1st Edition) by NadeemAslam Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2013 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-96171-6, ISBN: 0-307-96171-0
"The acclaimed author of The Wasted Vigil now gives us a searing, exquisitely written novel set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following 9/11: a story of war, of one family’s losses, and of the simplest, most enduring human impulses. Jeo and Mikal are foster brothers from a small town in Pakistan. Though they were inseparable as children, their adult lives have diverged: Jeo is a dedicated medical student, married a year; Mika ..."
The Wasted Vigil(1st Edition) by NadeemAslam Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2008 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-26842-6, ISBN: 0-307-26842-X
"The author of Maps for Lost Lovers gives us a new novelâ€"at once lyrical and blisteringâ€"about war in our time, told through the lives of five people who come together in post-9/11 Afghanistan.Marcus, an English doctor whose progressive, outspoken Afghani wife was murdered by the Taliban, opens his homeâ€"itself an eerily beautiful monument to his lossesâ€"to the others: Lara, from St. Petersburg, looking for evidence of her soldier b ..."
Maps for Lost Lovers(Updated) by NadeemAslam Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2005 by Faber & Faber Fiction ISBN-13: 978-0-571-22183-7, ISBN: 0-571-22183-1
"Maps for Lost Lovers is a stunningly brave and searingly brutal novel charting a year in the life of a working class community from the subcontinent--a group described by author Nadeem Aslam as "Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian and Sri Lankans living in a northern town". The older residents, who have left their homelands for the riches of England, have communally dubbed it Dasht-e-Tanhaii, which roughly translates as "the wilderness of so ..."