Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

This is a refugee story.  Gentle, reserved Saeed loves his family and his country.  Nadia is fiercely independent and dreams of a place away from all the ceaseless, senseless fighting.  They meet in a class that is miraculously still happening in a safe part of their war torn city. As the war escalates, they learn of "doors" that will lead them away.  This is not about the dangerous traveling part of their journey as going through the door immediately deposits them in the next camp, abandoned building shared by other refugees, tent city, etc.  They eventually arrive in the refugee area of a non-welcoming London.  There is a dystopian futuristic feel of the book if you accept that the refugee driven turmoil of today will likely remain for years to come.  Mostly it is about what happens to two loving people as they lose a sense of self and country as refugees.  A lot to think about in only 226 pages.