Pakistan Novelist Continues to Get Rave Reviews

Born in Pakistan in 1966, Mr. Aslam came to England as a teenager when his father, a poet, filmmaker and communist, fled to escape political persecution after Gen. Zia's takeover. The family landed in a working-class section of Huddersfield in northern England, a provincial backwater, uncelebrated and unsung, a place that might be described as "a bit off the map" … But in his powerfully imagined, exquisitely crafted novel, "Maps for Lost Lovers," Mr. Aslam brings just such a locale to life.