The Blind Man's GardenBy: Nadeem Aslam Love is not consolation, it is light.' From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers comes a searing, exquisitely written novel set in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months following 9 11 a story of war, of one family's losses, and of the simplest, most enduring human impulses. Jeo and Mikal, foster brothers from a small Pakistani city, secretly enter Afghanistan: not to fight with the Taliban, but to help and care for wounded civilians.