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Nadeem Aslam
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The Wasted Vigil (Vintage International) |
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English |
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Paperback |
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336 |
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2009-09-08 |
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0307388743 |
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Vintage |
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0.55 pounds |
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0.69 x 5.16 x 7.99 inches |
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In The Wasted Vigil, Nadeem Aslam, the award-winning author of Maps for Lost Lovers, brilliantly knits together five seemingly unconnected lives to create a luminous story set in contemporary Afghanistan.There’s Marcus, an English expat who was married to an outspoken Afghani doctor; David, a former American spy; Lara, from St. Petersburg, looking for traces of her brother, a Russian soldier who disappeared years before; Casa, a young Afghani whose hatred of the Americans has plunged him into the blinding depths of zealotry; and James, an American Special Forces soldier. Aslamreveals the intertwining paths that these characters have traveled, constructing a timely and intimate portrait of the complex ties that bind us and the wars that continue to tear us apart.
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http://bookmooch.com/0307388743 |
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