The Return
- Author Hisham Matar
- Narrator Hisham Matar
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 30 June 2016
- Run Time 8 hours and 48 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Autobiography: historical, political and military, Biography and non-fiction prose, Memoirs, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Politics and government, Society and Social Sciences.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD
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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016
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.
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.
©2016 Hisham Matar (P) 2016 Penguin Audio
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The Return is a riveting book about love and hope, but it is also a moving meditation on grief and loss. It draws a memorable portrait of a family in exile and manages also to explore the politics of Libya with subtlety and steely intelligence. It is likely to become a classic.
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