Refuge: A Novel
Refuge: A Novel by Dina Nayeri, published by Penguin on July 10, 2018, is a reprint edition comprising 336 pages. This novel explores the complex relationship between a father and daughter, framed within the context of global immigration and the contemporary refugee experience. The story follows an Iranian girl who escapes to America as a child while her father remains behind. Over the course of twenty years, their connection is maintained through four pivotal visits in different international cities, highlighting the emotional and physical distances that shape their lives.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of family life, cultural heritage, and coming of age. As the daughter evolves from a confused immigrant to a sophisticated European transplant, she grapples with her identity and the longing for home. The novel also addresses the plight of refugees entering Europe, intertwining her personal journey with broader societal issues. Through beautifully crafted prose, Refuge examines the essence of home and the enduring bonds between loved ones, prompting reflection on what it means to belong.
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“Rich and colorful… [Refuge] has the kind of immediacy commonly associated with memoir, which lends it heft, intimacy, atmosphere.” –New York Times
The moving lifetime relationship between a father and a daughter, seen through the prism of global immigration and the 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 over two decades, each in a different international city. The longer they are apart, the more their lives diverge, but also the more each comes to need the other’s wisdom and, ultimately, rescue. Meanwhile, refugees of all nationalities are flowing into Europe under troubling conditions. Wanting to help, but also looking for a lost sense of home, our grown-up transplant finds herself quickly entranced by a world that is at once everything she has missed and nothing that she has ever known. Will her immersion in the lives of these new refugees allow her the grace to save her father?
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?
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