The Blind Mans Garden

From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers and The Wasted Vigil comes a novel set in the months after 9/11, when Western armies invaded Afghanistanƒ??a story of love, hope and grief, of uncorrupted faith and of what it means to be alive.

Jeo and his foster-brother Mikal leave their home in Pakistan to help care for wounded Afghans. Within hours of entering the wide-horizoned Afghan landscape, Mikal and Jeo are separated and, emerging from the carnage, Mikal begins his search for Jeo. But his deepest wish is to return homeƒ??to the young woman he loves and who loves him, Jeoƒ??s wife.

The Blind Manƒ??s Garden maps a place both phantasmally beautiful and chilling. Taking us on a journey from Al Qaedaƒ??s hideouts in Waziristan and American-built military prisons to a family left behindƒ??Mikalƒ??s and Jeoƒ??s blind, regretful father, Jeoƒ??s resolute wife and her superstitious motherƒ??it unflinchingly examines war and brotherhood, devastation, separation and remorse, while celebrating the redemptive power of nature, art and literature.