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Episode 2

The Essay A Sense of Ourselves
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Having emigrated from Pakistan at the age of 14, writer Nadeem Aslam explores the emotional ambiguity underpinning his own relationship to Britain.

Nadeem Aslam came to Britain from Pakistan at the age of 14. His last novel Maps for Lost Lovers deals with the emotional life of an immigrant family living in a working-class Pakistani community in the north of England. Nadeem explores the emotional ambiguity underpinning his own relationship to Britain.

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Tue 19 Aug 2008 23:00
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