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Matar, Hisham, 1970-
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Matar, Hisham, 1970- -- Family.
Matar, Jaballa.
Fathers and sons -- Biography.
Missing persons -- Libya.
Novelists, Libyan -- 21st century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Libya -- History -- 1969-
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Matar, Hisham, 1970-
Matar, Hisham, 1970-
Matar, Hisham, 1970- -- Family.
Matar, Jaballa.
Fathers and sons -- Biography.
Missing persons -- Libya.
Novelists, Libyan -- 21st century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Libya -- History -- 1969-
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The return : fathers, sons, and the land in between / Hisham Matar.
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Matar, Hisham, 1970-
Knopf Canada, [2016]
Call #:
961.2042 M425r
Subjects
Matar, Hisham, 1970-
Matar, Hisham, 1970- -- Family.
Matar, Jaballa.
Fathers and sons -- Biography.
Missing persons -- Libya.
Novelists, Libyan -- 21st century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Libya -- History -- 1969-
ISBN:
9780345807748 (hc.)
Description:
243 pages : map ; 22 cm
Summary:
From novelist Hisham Matar, a memoir of his journey home to his native Libya in search of answers to his father's disappearance. In 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later Matar's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to have been held in the regime's most notorious prison. Now, the prisons are empty and little hope remains that Jaballa Matar will be found alive. Yet, as the author writes, hope is "persistent and cunning." A profoundly moving family memoir, an affecting portrait of a country and a people on the cusp of immense change, and a disturbing and timeless depiction of the monstrous nature of absolute power. Hisham Matar was born in New York City. He spent his early childhood in America with his Libyan parents while his father, Jaballa Matar, was working for the Libyan delegation to the United Nations. His debut novel In the Country of Men was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize. He currently lives and writes in London.
Awards:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 2017.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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3
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Woodlawn Public Library
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961.2042 M425r
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