Bibliograph

Dark at the crossing, Elliot Ackerman

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Dark at the crossing, Elliot Ackerman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dark at the crossing

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

970037970

Responsibility statement

Elliot Ackerman

Summary

From the author of the acclaimed Green on Blue, a timely new novel of stunning humanity and tension: a contemporary love story set on the Turkish border with Syria. Haris Abadi is a man in search of a cause. An Arab American with a conflicted past, he is now in Turkey, attempting to cross into Syria and join the fight against Bashar al-Assad's regime. But he is robbed before he can make it, and is taken in by Amir, a charismatic Syrian refugee and former revolutionary, and Amir's wife, Daphne, a sophisticated beauty haunted by grief. As it becomes clear that Daphne is also desperate to return to Syria, Haris's choices become ever more wrenching: Whose side is he really on' Is he a true radical or simply an idealist' And will he be able to bring meaning to a life of increasing frustration and helplessness' Told with compassion and a deft hand, Dark at the Crossing is an exploration of loss, of second chances, and of why we choose to believe-a trenchantly observed novel of raw urgency and power

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