by Hisham Matar
This novel found me on a rainy morning spent wandering around a seaside town in Kent.Now, how a proofreader only copy of Anatomy of a Disappearance popped up onto the shelves of a charity shop in a backwater place named Ramsgate would be interesting to discover.Anyways, my copy of this novel doesn't...
Non ricordo perché ho deciso di leggere “Anatomy of a disappearance” e ho continuato la lettura per la mia regola delle dieci pagine ( se supero la decima pagina devo finire il libro a qualsiasi costo), ma se devo essere sincera non riesco a capacitarmi della mia reazione.Il libro racconta la storia...
There's a blurb on the inside of the book jacket that refers to Matar as an Arabic Salman Rushdie. That feels like an adequate comparison, as this books seems to capture something about what it's like to be Arabic at the turn of the century. An excellent, excellent example of the power of postcoloni...