REVIEW: Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam

In this book filled with stories of cruelty, injustice, bigotry and ignorance, love never steps out of the picture. It gleams on the edges of even the deepest wounds... A remarkable achievement. ~ Kamila Shamsie Recently, I've become interested in the presentation of female characters in Middle Eastern fiction and novels which are based around...

Compassion Fatigue.

A hundred agonies in black and white from which his editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplement. The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers. From the aeroplane he stares impassively at where he earns his living and they do not care. ~ War Photographer, Carol Ann Duffy...