Disquiet / Zülfü Livaneli ; translated from the Turkish by Brendan Freely.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livaneli, Zülfü, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Freely, Brendan, 1959- translator.

Standardized Title:

Huzursuzluk. English

Language:

English

Turkish

Subjects (All):

IS (Organization)--Fiction.

IS (Organization).

Yezidis--Fiction.

Yezidis.

History.

Refugees.

Syria--History--Civil War, 2011---Refugees--Fiction.

Syria.

War stories.

Romance fiction.

Genre:

War stories.

War fiction.

Romance fiction.

Fiction.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 163 pages : map ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Other Press, [2021]

Summary:

"From the internationally bestselling author of Serenade for Nadia, a powerful story of love and faith amidst the atrocities committed by ISIS against the Yazidi people. 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 thousands of poor and sick streaming into Turkey, fleeing ISIS. 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 of these Mesopotamian lands, Disquiet gives voice to the peoples, faiths, histories, and stories that have swept through this region over centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Livaneli, Zülfü, Disquiet

ISBN:

9781635420326

1635420326

OCLC:

1160037218