Nadeem Aslam, Maps for Lost Lovers

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Maps for Lost Lovers

(2004) is Nadeem Aslam’s semi-autobiographical second novel. Placed within the scope of Aslam’s oeuvre,

Maps

continues his focus on the internal dynamics of a Pakistani Muslim community, as explored in

Season of the Rainbirds

(1993). Aslam confidently asserts a lyrical aesthetic style, which recurs and is further developed in his later novels

The Wasted Vigil

(2008) and

The Blind Man’s Garden

(2013). The novel has won a number of prizes, including the Kiriyama Prize in 2005—awarded to books that foster “greater understanding” of the Pacific Rim and South Asia.

Maps is Aslam’s only novel set primarily in Britain. It concerns a working class and predominantly Muslim Pakistani immigrant community in a mill town in Northern England. Aslam’s narrative

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Citation: O'Loughlin, Liam. "Maps for Lost Lovers". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 May 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=24354, accessed 29 March 2024.]

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