1
0
Support the library.
Your support helps keep books free for everyone ❤️
Sponsored
Synopsis
In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. Despite her husband’s cautions, she soon becomes entangled in her clients’ Alfred's nightmares stir up her own buried memories, and an impulsive ...
In present-day New York City, an Albanian interpreter reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions. Despite her husband’s cautions, she soon becomes entangled in her clients’ Alfred's nightmares stir up her own buried memories, and an impulsive attempt to help a Kurdish poet leads to a risky encounter and a reckless plan.
As ill-fated decisions stack up, jeopardizing the nameless narrator’s marriage and mental health, she takes a spontaneous trip to reunite with her mother in Albania, where her life in the United States is put into stark relief. When she returns to face the consequences of her actions, she must question what is real and what is not.
Ruminative and propulsive, Ledia Xhoga’s debut novel Misinterpretation interrogates the darker legacies of family and country, and the boundary between compassion and self-preservation.
As ill-fated decisions stack up, jeopardizing the nameless narrator’s marriage and mental health, she takes a spontaneous trip to reunite with her mother in Albania, where her life in the United States is put into stark relief. When she returns to face the consequences of her actions, she must question what is real and what is not.
Ruminative and propulsive, Ledia Xhoga’s debut novel Misinterpretation interrogates the darker legacies of family and country, and the boundary between compassion and self-preservation.
You May Also Like
Psychology Picks
View All
8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
Jay Shetty
Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
Ali Abdaal
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Julie Smith
The Mother Next Door: Medicine Deception and Munchausen by Proxy
Andrea Dunlop
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Jane Goodall