Nadeem Aslam
Maps for Lost Lovers
Praise for Nadeem Aslam’s Maps For Lost Lovers
Acknowledgements
Maps for Lost Lovers
WINTER
THE NIGHT OF THE GREAT PEACOCK MOTHS
A BREAKFAST OF BUTTERFLY EGGS
IN DARKNESS
WOMEN WITH TAILS
THE MOST-FAMOUS TAMARIND TREE IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
SPRING
THE MADONNAS
LIKE BEING BORN
THE MANY COLOURS OF MILK
HIRAMAN THE ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET
THE OLDEST ACQUAINTANCESHIP IN THE WORLD
THE DANCE OF THE WOUNDED
SUMMER
THE SUNBIRD AND THE VINE
CINNABAR
AT SCANDAL POINT
LEOPOLD BLOOM AND THE KOH-I-NOOR
YOU’LL FORGET LOVE, LIKE OTHER DISASTERS
AUTUMN
IRIS’S WINGS
DARD DI RAUNAQ
WINTER
A THOUSAND BROKEN MIRRORS
HOW MANY HANDS DO I NEED TO DECLARE MY LOVE TO YOU?
A LEAF FROM THE BOOK OF FATES
GHOSTS
THE FIRST LOVERS ON THE MOON