The Return

Name: The Return
Author: Hisham Matar

by Hisham Matar

Author returns to Libya after exile to reckon with loss and family legacy

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Hisham Matar

Libyan-British novelist whose In the Country of Men was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The Return, his memoir about searching for his disappeared father, won the Pulitzer Prize. He is one of the most celebrated Arab writers in English.

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In the Country of MenBoy navigates political repression and masculinity in Qaddafi's Libya
Anatomy of a DisappearanceMan searches for his missing father while confronting his own silence and complicity
A Month in SienaMeditation on art, history and human connection set in Renaissance Italy
My FriendsEssays exploring friendship, memory and the meaning of artistic legacy