num_pages: 369
description: At the heart of this extraordinary novel lies the character of Kaukab, a wife and mother increasingly out of touch with those she loves most: her homeland, her husband and her three increasingly estranged and westernised children. Her faith in her religion and family is her only support. The disappearance of her brother-in-law Jugnu and his lover Chanda and their suspected murder forms the dramatic backdrop for a year of turmoil in the life of Kaukab's splintering family. Maps for Lost Lovers opens the heart of a family at the crossroads of culture, community, nationality and religion, and expresses both their joys and their pain in a language that is arrestingly poetic.
language: English
title: Maps for Lost Lovers
titlecomplete: Maps for Lost Lovers
genres: Fiction, Religion, Asia, British Literature, India, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Pakistan
ratings_count: 3117
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: RSL Encore Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Faber and Faber