Nadeem Aslam, Maps for Lost Lovers

Liam O'Loughlin (Pacific Lutheran University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2004

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

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 …

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Citation: O'Loughlin, Liam. "Maps for Lost Lovers". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 May 2013 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=24354, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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