The Return : Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between

Matar, Hisham

The Return is at once a universal and an intensely personal tale. It is an exquisite meditation on how history and politics can bear down on an individual life. And yet Hisham Matar’s memoir isn’t just about the burden of the past, but the consolation of love, literature and art.

It is the story of what it is to be human. Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again.

Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical and psychological; a journey to find his father and rediscover his country. ’A beautifully-written memoir that skillfully balances a graceful guide through Libya’s recent history with the author’s dogged quest to find his father’ Barack Obama

Kustantaja: Penguin
Sidosasu: Pehmeäkantinen
ean: 9780241966280
Hyllypaikka (Sivullinen kirjakauppa): UK2 2402 biography and memoirs