Can love survive in the shadows of displacement, or is it destined to be stolen like everything else in a refugee's life?

Resort of the Witches is a poignant narrative by Amir Tag Elsir set in the 1980s. It traces the intersecting lives of Abba Tesfaye, a beautiful Eritrean refugee fleeing conflict, and Abdul-Qayyum Dalil, a petty thief who spots her stepping off a bus at the border.

Drawn from the author’s experiences as a doctor encountering real-life counterparts in a hospital ward, the novel explores the heavy toll of asylum seeking, poverty, and social prejudice. It paints a vivid picture of a "parallel story" where the characters struggle for dignity in a world that treats them as invisible, leading to an ending that mirrors the harsh reality of their circumstances.