· Refuge. by. Dina Nayeri (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 1, ratings · reviews. Finally, a moving immigrant story that looks at the larger contemporary refugee experience. An Iranian girl escapes to America as a child, but her father stays behind. Over twenty years, as she transforms from confused immigrant to overachieving Westerner to sophisticated European /5. “Dina Nayeri’s powerful writing confronts issues that are key to the refugee experience.” ―Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer and The Refugees “Dina Nayeri has written a vital book for our times. The Ungrateful Refugee gives voice to those whose stories are too often lost or suppressed. Braiding memoir, reportage and essayism, Nayeri allows those fortunate enough never to . Refuge charts the deeply moving lifetime relationship between a father and a daughter, seen through the prism of global immigration. Beautifully written, full of insight, charm, and humor, the novel subtly exposes the parts of ourselves that get left behind in the wake of diaspora and ultimately asks: Must home always be a physical place, or can we find it in another person?
Dina Nayeri left Iran with her mother when she was 8 years old. Her father stayed behind. The same is true of the protagonist in her new novel. "I don't feel like any place is home," Nayeri says. "The immigrant experience is at the heart of Dina Nayeri's powerful novel of a family split by circumstances." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Beautifully elegiac, Refuge brings into focus the entire experience of emigration Nayeri is brilliant on parental imperfections and the negotiations children make with their families, and she offers a. Dina Nayeri shares her own experience fleeing Iran with her brother and mother, the various countries and refugee camps where they stayed on their journey, and then eventually being granted asylum in the US. A couple of years ago I read Nayeri's novel Refuge and I absolutely loved it.
The Ungrateful Refugee, a book of narrative nonfiction about the refugee experience in the West, has been acquired by Canongate Books. Dina Nayeri was interviewed on CNN’s “Connect the World”. Dina Nayeri was interviewed on NPR: ‘Refuge’ Captures Divide Between Father And Daughter Through Lens Of Immigration. “Dina Nayeri’s powerful writing confronts issues that are key to the refugee experience.” ―Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer and The Refugees “Dina Nayeri has written a vital book for our times. The Ungrateful Refugee gives voice to those whose stories are too often lost or suppressed. Braiding memoir, reportage and essayism, Nayeri allows those fortunate enough never to have been stateless or displaced to glimpse something of the hardships and. Refuge. by. Dina Nayeri (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 1, ratings · reviews. Finally, a moving immigrant story that looks at the larger contemporary refugee experience. An Iranian girl escapes to America as a child, but her father stays behind. Over twenty years, as she transforms from confused immigrant to overachieving Westerner to sophisticated European transplant, daughter and father know each other only from their visits: four crucial visits o.
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