The blind man's garden / Nadeem Aslam.
Love is not consolation, it is light.' From the author of "Maps for Lost Lovers" and "The Wasted Vigil" 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, which culminates in a dazzling final third, a sustained and visionary passage of storytelling.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385677974
- ISBN: 0385677979
- Physical Description: 367 p. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Bond Street Books, c2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: Footnotes to defeat -- Part two: The blind man's garden -- Part three: Equal sons -- Part four: Isaiah. |
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Subject: | Pakistanis > Afghanistan > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Pakistan > Fiction. Afghanistan > Fiction. Afghanistan > Social life and customs > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | Asl (Text) | 35151000392597 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |