Amity

Synopsis

Fiction. Middle Eastern Studies. Payvand, An Iranian Refugee And Activist Still Plagued By Nightmares, Meets A Suicidal Yugoslavian Refugee, Ragusa, Her Pockets Loaded With Stones Ready To Walk Into The Water. As Payvand Listens To Ragusa's Story, Ragusa Decides To Stay Alive Long Enough To Hear Payvand's. In A Novel That Strives To Raise Awareness About The Extent To Which Elites Do And Have Manipulated Various Parts Of The Globe Into Wars That Serve Their Ends, And Have Done So In Total Disregard For The Consequences To The Lives Of Millions Of People Like Payvand And Ragusa, Friendship Is The Key To What Happiness Can Be Found In A World That Is Seemingly Incapable Of Learning From Its Past Mistakes. Amity Provides A Window To The Destruction, Displacement, Pain And Struggle, And The Life-long And Irreparable Psychological Distress Caused By War And Conflict.