Nadeem Aslam har tidligere udgivet romanerne Vildfarne elskende og Season of the Seabirds (ikke oversat til dansk), der begge blev nomineret til Man Booker Prize. Vildfarne elskende modtog i 2005 Kiriyama-prisen og blev nomineret til International Dublin Literary Award i 2006. Nadeem Aslam er født i Pakistan, men bor nu i England.
Litteraturpriser
1993: The Author's Club First Novel Award
2005: The Encore Award
2005: The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize
2006: Shortlisted til International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2014: Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
Artikler/Interviews
THE SCOTSMAN: VIGIL IN A DARKENED ROOM - NADEEM ASLAM INTERVIEW
THERE IS A HOUSE IN AFGHAN-istan where books – "the large ones as well as those that are no thicker than the walls of the human heart" – are nailed to the ceiling for safekeeping. Built by a master calligrapher and painter at the end of the 19th century, the walls of this house are covered with murals designed to enchant his beloved. LÆS MERE!