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 ...
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...
How good are you really? Can you hold on to your principle when others left you all alone? Are you there, in front of the mob facing the barricade, because of the mob? Will you stand there all alone?The answer can only be found when you're facing it and sometimes it's not the answer you thought it w...
Libya. One of the better novels I've read recently. Matar gives us a narrative from a boy's point of view. Suleiman's story of his family life Libya under Qaddafi is not a war narrative, but partakes of many of that genre's elements, much like Ondjaki's Good Morning Comrades. Matar's parallels, whil...
I finished this book in one day and that rarely, rarely happens. I cannot say I enjoyed the book--at least not in the sense that it was a pleasurable read. The story is sad, frustrating, complex, and I absolutely could not put the book down. Hisham Matar writes poetically about very difficult tim...
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