Description
Told through alternating perspectives, this novel follows two gay Afghan men whose lives intersect in Istanbul after each is displaced from his home by political and personal circumstances. Delbar leaves the Afghan immigrant community in the Washington, D.C., area after being outed and finds refuge with relatives in Turkey, where he becomes part of a diverse community of refugees, activists, artists, and other marginalized people. Mansur, who has fled Iran, is awaiting refugee status while supporting family members from afar. As political repression intensifies and the two men are drawn together during the Istanbul Pride march, they confront questions of identity, belonging, love, freedom, and the meaning of home
