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Item Details
| Title:
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THE RETURN
FATHERS, SONS AND THE LAND IN BETWEEN |
| By: |
Hisham Matar |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0670923338 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780670923335 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
30 June, 2016 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
A memoir of a son's search for his father and the return to a homeland he never thought he'd see again. This is a personal tale of loss. It deals with history, politics and art. It's about what it is to be human. |
| Synopsis: |
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHYWINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Viking |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Rathbones Folio Prize 2017
Short-listed for Costa Biography Award 2016
Short-listed for Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2016 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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