The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between – Hisham Matar
A moving and beautifully written memoir about family, memory, and the enduring pull of home.
📖 Overview:
In The Return, Hisham Matar reflects on his journey back to Libya after more than two decades away. As a young man, his father was taken and imprisoned, leaving behind a silence that would shape Matar’s life and work. When political change finally allows him to return, he embarks on a profound exploration of identity, loss, and the meaning of belonging.
Through elegant prose and deep emotional clarity, Matar weaves together personal memory and cultural history, crafting a meditation on love, resilience, and how art and family sustain us through uncertainty.
💫 Why You’ll Love It:
• A deeply introspective and compassionate memoir
• Explores memory, home, and the lasting bonds between fathers and sons
• Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and praised by Barack Obama
"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
📚 Details:
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2 March 2017
• Print length: 304 pages
🔍 Good Condition:
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