The Blind Man's Garden

By Nadeem Aslam

Book Overview

A Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Best Book of the Year Growing up as brothers in a small town in Pakistan, Jeo and Mikal were inseparab= 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345802853
• ISBN13: 9780345802859
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.1"