refugees

Thrillers

‘Odd Child Out’: A BookTrib Conversation with Gilly MacMillan

The saying "art imitates life" rings true in particular for Gilly MacMillan's detective thriller, Odd Child Out. Her latest novel has the heavy matter of dealing with immigration and refugees, two subjects that are heavily featured in politics and the news across the globe on a daily basis. Yet, MacMillan takes these…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaNovember 20, 2017

BooksToScreen Fiction Miscellany Pop Culture

“Transit:” Classic 1940s Refugee Novel Now a Film

What can a novel written in the early 1940s teach us today about national identity? Plenty, especially when a German director like Christian Petzold portrays it as a kaleidoscope of time, place, person and politics. “Transit,” his adaptation of Anna Seghers' novel (New York Review Books Classics) of the same…

Joanna PoncavageFebruary 14, 2019

Book Club Network Miscellany

January Book Club Picks: Schizophrenia, Refugees, and Tropical Storm Irene

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. Is one of your 2018 resolutions to keep reading and discussing awesome books with your book club? Well, you’re in luck. 2018 is off to a great start in terms of thought-provoking new releases for your book club to dive into. We’ve rounded up…

BookishJanuary 10, 2018

Fiction

Syrian Refugee Struggles Run Deep in “The Beekeeper of Aleppo”

Author Christy Lefteri is a daughter of refugees, and spent several summers volunteering with refugees in Greece. There is no doubt she beautifully and accurately taps into the suffering of her characters with the heartfelt storytelling of the plight of Syrian refugees in The Beekeeper of Aleppo. This emotional story…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 22, 2020

Fiction

BookTrib Q&A: Contemplating Immigration and Morality with Acclaimed Author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

When Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, the Israeli author, screenwriter and psychologist first published One Night, Markovitch a few years ago, it was one of the most compelling works of literature to be translated from Hebrew into 13 different languages. Now, with her latest novel, Waking Lions, Gundar-Goshen brings readers another compelling story, this time about…

BookTribMarch 8, 2018

‘Odd Child Out’: A BookTrib Conversation with Gilly MacMillan

“Transit:” Classic 1940s Refugee Novel Now a Film

January Book Club Picks: Schizophrenia, Refugees, and Tropical Storm Irene

Syrian Refugee Struggles Run Deep in “The Beekeeper of Aleppo”

BookTrib Q&A: Contemplating Immigration and Morality with Acclaimed Author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

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