A Country of Refuge
  • Published: 2 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9781783522699
  • Imprint: Unbound Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

A Country of Refuge

An Anthology of Writing on Asylum Seekers

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An acutely relevant and thought-provoking anthology of fiction, memoir, poetry and essays on asylum seekers, from some of Britain and Ireland's most influential writers.

A Country of Refuge is a poignant, thought-provoking and timely anthology of writing on asylum seekers from some of Britain and Ireland’s most influential voices, among them Sebastian Barry, William Boyd, A. L. Kennedy and Hanif Kureshi.

Compiled and edited by human rights activist and writer Lucy Popescu, this powerful collection of short fiction, memoir, poetry and essays explores what it really means to be a refugee: to flee from conflict, poverty and terror; to have to leave your home and family behind; and to undertake a perilous journey, only to arrive on less than welcoming shores.

These writings are a testament to the strength of the human spirit. The contributors articulate simple truths about migration that will challenge the way we think about and act towards the dispossessed and those forced to seek a safe place to call home.
  • Published: 2 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9781783522699
  • Imprint: Unbound Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256
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Praise for A Country of Refuge

Full of powerful writing. Many of the best contributions come from writers who are refugees, or second-generation refugees, themselves … Again and again, these writers argue for empathy.

TLS

A powerful, and frequently harrowing, collection … I read it with fascination

Penelope Lively

A beautiful insight into the painful individuality of the refugee

Jon Snow

A first-class collection of essays and poems, stories and memoirs. Addictively readable, they are strong, angry, compassionate and enlightening.

Sue Gaisford, The Tablet

It is a moving, poignant, sometimes painful but always enlightening book … rich and wide-ranging…

Judith Vidal-Hall, Literary Review