Two young lovers flee civil war through magical doors, navigating displacement, identity, and their relationship in an uncertain world.
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Two young lovers flee civil war through magical doors, navigating displacement, identity, and their relationship in an uncertain world.
"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, and are soon cloistered in a 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 the violence escalates, Nadia ...
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Explicit sexual content in protagonists' romantic relationship
Gun violence and war deaths depicted amid civil conflict
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Recreational drug use depicted
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Religious and cultural rituals referenced
Magical doors enable instantaneous global travel
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Central themes of migration, war, and refugee displacement
Suicide planning depicted
Sexual assault, war suffering, and death of loved ones
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