The Return (Pulitzer Prize Winner): Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

by Hisham Matar

Book Overview

"In 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, the acclaimed novelist Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later Matar's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to have been held in the regime's most notorious prison. Now,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812985087
• ISBN13: 9780812985085
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"