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'This land and its killing epochs.' Nadeem Aslam's dazzling new novel takes place in modern-day Afghanistan. A Russian woman named Lara arrives at the house of Marcus Caldwell, an Englishman and widower living in an old perfume factory in the shadow of the Tora Bora mountains. It is possible that Marcus' daughter, Zameen, may have known Lara's brother, a Soviet soldier who disappeared in the area many years previously.But like Marcus' wife, Zameen is dead; a victim of the age in which she was born. In the days that follow, further people will arrive at the house: David Town and James Palantine, two Americans who have spent much of their adult lives in the area, for their respective reasons; Dunia, a young Afghan teacher; and Casa, a radicalised young man intent on his own path. The stories and histories that unfold - interweaving and overlapping, and spanning nearly a quarter of a century - tell of the terrible afflictions that have plagued Afghanistan. A work of deepest humanity, "The Wasted Vigil" offers a timely portrait of this region, of love during war and conflict. At once angry, unflinching and memorably beautiful, it marks Nadeem Aslam as a world writer of major importance.
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'Ambitious and luminous ... The Wasted Vigil reminds us that fiction can do things that mere reportage can't ... Aslam does not simply appropriate a few headlines for easy currency. He has immersed himself in a country and a culture.' -- Peter Parker, Sunday Times
'In this sprawling epic of a novel, Nadeem Aslam's poetic narrative takes in the explosive realities of Afghanistan. He navigates this minefield with sharp reflexes and a rare poise ... [It] will be read as a novel about Afghanistan, but it should be read as a book about love.' -- Mohammed Hanif, The Independent
'Spellbinding - a beautifully drawn web of the fragile connections of trust, misunderstanding, memory, sacrifice, and, against the odds, love, that people who have lost everything else in the deadly stupidity of war must live and die by. Nadeem Aslam is a master of words and arresting images.'
-- Vanora Bennett, The Times
'[Aslam] confirms he is a writer of singular genius ... Beautiful, harrowing and fired with a compelling sense of horror, The Wasted Vigil is remarkable ... the quest novel we should - no, must - all read.' -- Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times
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The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam, the prize-winning author of Maps for Lost Lovers, is a devastatingly moving and beautiful novel of family secrets, forbidden love and the tragedy and consequences of war.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 030726842X
- ISBN 13 9780307268426
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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