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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY
WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WINNER 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.

'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

Hisham Matar's new novel My Friends is available for pre-order now!

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 02/03/2017
    ISBN13: 9780241966280, 978-0241966280
    ISBN10: 0241966280

    Number of Pages: 304

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY
    WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
    WINNER 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.

    '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

    Hisham Matar's new novel My Friends is available for pre-order now!

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