![]() 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. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. It is the story of what it is to be human. ![]() 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 an exquisite meditation on how history and politics can bear down on an individual life. 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. ![]()
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