Maps for Lost Lovers - Nadeem Aslam

Nadeem Aslam was born in Gujranwala, Pakistan in 1966, the son of a poet and sometime film director who had to flee the country when Nadeem was fourteen because of his communist beliefs. The family settled in West Yorkshire where Nadeem went on to start writing, inspired in some ways, one would think, by his father. His first book,’ Season of the Rainbirds’, was published in 1993 to critical acclaim, enabling him to work on his book, ‘Maps for Lost Lovers.’ A feat which took him eleven years to complete. It was finished in 2004 and published by Faber & Faber. I was attracted to the book because of the nature of the story and the number of plaudits ...