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Disquiet: A Novel

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ISBN: 9781635420326
AuthorLivaneli, Zulfu
Pub Date29/06/2021
BindingTrade PB
Pages160
CountryUSA
Dewey894.3534
Publisher: Other Press LLC
Quick overview 'Mercy is not an ointment for cruelty.' Disquiet transports the reader to the contemporary Middle East through the stories of Meleknaz, a Yazidi Syrian refugee, and Hussein, a young man from the Turkish city of Mardin near the Syrian border. Passionate about helping others, Hussein begins visiting a refugee camp to tend to the poor and sick streaming into Turkey by the thousands, fleeing ISIS.
€15.02

There, he falls in love with Meleknaz - whom his disapproving family will call 'the devil' who seduced him - and their relationship sets further tragedy in motion. A nuanced meditation on the nature of being human and an empathetic, probing look at the past and present reality of these lands of the Mesopotamian heritage, Disquiet gives a voice to the peoples, faiths, histories, and stories that have swept through this region over centuries.

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There, he falls in love with Meleknaz - whom his disapproving family will call 'the devil' who seduced him - and their relationship sets further tragedy in motion. A nuanced meditation on the nature of being human and an empathetic, probing look at the past and present reality of these lands of the Mesopotamian heritage, Disquiet gives a voice to the peoples, faiths, histories, and stories that have swept through this region over centuries.

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