by NadeemAslam (Author)
Love is not consolation, it is light. From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers comes 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, foster-brothers from a small Pakistani city, secretly enter Afghanistan: not to fight with the Taliban, but to help and care for wounded civilians. But it soon becomes apparent that good intentions can't keep them out of harm's way...From the wilds of Afghanistan to the heart of the family left behind - their blind father haunted for years by the death of his wife, by the mistakes he may have made in the name of Islam and nationhood, Jeo's steadfast wife and her superstitious mother - Aslam's prose takes us on an extraordinary journey.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 07 Feb 2013
ISBN 10: 0571287921
ISBN 13: 9780571287925
Book Overview: Two brothers and two love stories caught in the midst of war in the moving new novel from the acclaimed author of The Wasted Vigil.