Rabih AlameddineLiterary Fiction · Fiction·b. 1959
The Wrong End of the Telescope
The Wrong End of the Telescope
- Pages
- 368
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- English
Synopsis
Mina Simpson, a Lebanese doctor, travels to the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, to assist her friend's NGO. Decades removed from her homeland, Mina hopes to make a difference among the many Western volunteers. She soon connects with Sumaiya, a Syrian matriarch hiding a terminal illness from her family. As Mina works to treat Sumaiya with limited resources, she confronts the harsh realities of the migrants' displacement and her own capacity to help.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
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