Review:
'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
Book Description:
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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