| Description |
228 pages ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors--doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As violence and the threat of violence escalate, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through |
| Notes |
Shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize |
| Subject |
Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Refugees -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780241290088 (hardback) |
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0241290082 (hardback) |
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9780241290095 |
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0241290090 |
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