Friday, January 29, 2010

The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam

The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam is as impressive as books like A Fine Balance and A Thousand Splendid Suns. It takes place in contemporary Afghanistan and links together the stories of five very different characters.  This is an intense and sad story of people being controlled by their circumstances.  It's one of the best that I've read.

2 comments:

Literary Feline said...

Thank you for sending me the recommendation for this one on Good Reads, Christine! It does sound like it is a good one. It's now on my wish list!

Jennifer @ Mrs. Q: Book Addict said...

This sounds like an interesting read. I love the cover. I'm going to add this to my TBR list. Glad I saw this on your site. I'm going to add this to my Tbr list.