

The Golden Legend
A Novel
Author: Nadeem Aslam
Narrator: Deepti Gupta
Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 04/18/2017
Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction
Author: Nadeem Aslam
Narrator: Deepti Gupta
Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 04/18/2017
Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction
Nadeem Aslam was born in Pakistan and now lives in England. He is the author of four previous novels. His work has been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, short-listed for the IMPAC prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and won the Kiriyama Prize, the Encore Award, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship.
What a beautifully written book and yet at the same time, what a hard story to read. For me it felt personal, despite not being someone from that country, the brutality written in those pages, strongly reflect with the brutality that happens in mine. I could have easily swapped the Imran for a Hasha......more
I discovered Nadeem Aslam many years ago. He is totally delightful as a writer. He never disappoints with his intelligent and thoughtful themes. His Map for Lost Lovers remains one of my favorite novels of this century. In The Golden Legend, he returns to his native contemporary Pakistan and writes......more
Pakistanis elav arhitektidest abielupaar jääb ühel hommikul tulevahetuse alla ja mees saab surma. Kuna tulistajaks on ameeriklane, siis pööratakse lugu poliitiliseks ja Nargis peab avalikult ameeriklasele andeks andma. See aga ei meeldi moslemitele, nii et naine saab hoituse mitte andestada. Siis ag......more
I’ve greatly admired Nadeem Aslam’s writing since I read his 2004 novel “Maps for Lost Lovers” which focused on an immigrant Pakistani community in the north of England. There is something so striking about his use of imagery which conveys the feelings of his characters and expresses the ideas which......more