| The Blind Man's Garden Contributor(s): Aslam, Nadeem (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345802853 ISBN-13: 9780345802859 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.2" W x 8.09" (0.65 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Best Book of the Year Growing up as brothers in a small town in Pakistan, Jeo and Mikal were inseparable; however as adults their paths have diverged sharply. Jeo is newly married and a dedicated medical student, while Mikal, in love with a woman he can't have, has adopted the life of a vagabond. Nonetheless, when Jeo decides to slip across the border into Afghanistan to help civilians caught in the post-9/11 clash between American and Taliban forces, Mikal goes with him. But their good intentions cannot keep them out of harm's way. A piercing portrayal of lives upended by war, The Blind Man's Garden is an unflinching look at a world in which the line between enemy and ally is indistinct, and the desire to return home burns brightest of all. |