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Having read both of Hisham Matar's novels, In the Country of Men (4*) and Anatomy of a Disappearance (4*), I approached his third book with enthusiasm. This one was somewhat different, however, being a memoir, mainly centred around Hisham's relationship with his father and his life-long battle to fi...
I liked this overall--with a mild kept-reading-to-the-end liking, but I couldn't love it as I wanted to. The reason being I think just about the most unlikable child protagonist I've encountered in literature. The story is set in Qaddafi's Libya in 1979, and I did love how Matar rendered the setting...
« هشام يعرف كيف يثير العواطف و الكوامن ، إنه يخلق تأثيره ، سواء على الصفحة أو فى جهازنا العصبي بأقل الكلمات و أدلها ،، لقد فتنت» جاءت هذه العبارة على الغلاف الخلفي للكتاب على لسان الغالية أهداف سويف ،،، و أكاد أجزم أنها أبدا لم تقصد هذا الكتاب ،، ربما قصدت مؤلفا آخر لنفس الكاتب ،، فأنا لم أشعر بأي...
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...
...Sadly, I didn’t enjoy the novel as much as the beautiful, evocative writing deserved. IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN is a well-written, interesting novel and one that provides a disturbing picture of the old Libya. Reading the harsh realities of life under the tyrant Qaddafi, I'm no longer surprised that ...
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