Disquiet: A Novel

Synopsis

'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. 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.