Hisham Matar

In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona's heart But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for Alone, he and Mona search desperately for the man they both love...

El fin de la infancia en Trípoli. Con el telón de fondo de la vida en Trípoli durante los primeros tiempos de Gaddafi, Hisham Matar ha escrito un emocionante retrato de un niño, cuya mirada inocente va descubriendo las luces y las sombras de un pais que despierta a la cruda realidad de los conflictos y tensiones generados durante decadas de placido letargo. Solo en el mundo ha sido finalista del Premio Man Booker y se traducira a veinte idiomas. Ha sido finalista del premio Man Booker, distincion nunca antes conseguida por una primera novela. Un doble rito de paso, el del fin de la infancia y el de la entrada en la conciencia de un mundo hostil, el de la Libia de Gaddafi en los años setenta. The Times ha dicho: Extraordinaria y conmovedora. Uno de los debuts literarios mas brillantes de los ultimos años.Publicado en trade por Salamandra.

Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond games on the hot pavement outside his home beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business - but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie and questions go unanswered. In his father's worrying absence, Suleiman turns to his mother, who, under the cover of night, entrusts him with the secret story of her childhood. And, as lies and fears intensify, it feels as if the walls of Suleiman's home will break with the secrets held within it.

On a white-hot day in Tripoli, Libya, in the summer of 1979, nine-year-old Suleiman is shopping in the market square with his mother. His father is away on business but Suleiman is sure he has just seen him, standing across the street From a breathtaking new talent comes an utterly gripping, emotional novel told from the point of view of a young boy growing up in a terrifying and bewildering world where his best friend's father disappears and is next seen on state television at a public execution; where a mysterious man sits outside the house all day and asks strange questions; and where it seems his father has finally disappeared for good. Soon the whispers and fears, secrets and lies will become so intense that Suleiman can bear them no longer and in his terrified efforts to save his family may end up betraying his friends, his parents and ultimately himself.

This book is short-listed for both the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award, and published here as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie and questions go unanswered. Suleiman turns to his mother, who, under the cover of night, entrusts him with the secret story of her childhood.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 The Return is at once a universal and an intensely personal tale. It is an exquisite meditation on how history and politics can bear down on an individual life. And yet Hisham Matar's memoir isn't just about the burden of the past, but the consolation of love, literature and art. It is the story of what it is to be human. Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical and psychological; a journey to find his father and rediscover his country.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 The Return is at once a universal and an intensely personal tale. It is an exquisite meditation on how history and politics can bear down on an individual life. And yet Hisham Matar's memoir isn't just about the burden of the past, but the consolation of love, literature and art. It is the story of what it is to be human. Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical and psychological; a journey to find his father and rediscover his country.

En 1990, Hisham Matar a dix-neuf ans lorsque son père, Jaballa Matar, disparaît. Celui-ci, après avoir trouvé refuge en Égypte avec ses proches, est enlevé et emprisonné en Libye pour s’être opposé d

"Il est des jours ou l''absence de mon pere me pese comme un enfant assis sur ma poitrine. Il en est d''autres ou je me souviens a peine des traits exacts de son visage, jusqu''a devoir sortir de leur vieille enveloppe les photographies rangees dans le tiroir de ma table de nuit. Jamais, depuis sa soudaine et mysterieuse disparition, je n''ai cesse de le chercher, de scruter les endroits les plus improbables".Kamal Pasha el-Alfi, dissident politique sous une dictature arabe et ancien ministre de la monarchie egyptienne, est enleve sous les yeux de sa maitresse. Son fils Nuri, adolescent a l''epoque, n''aura de cesse d''elucider ce mystere. Devenu adulte, il s''empare du souvenir de cet homme respecte de tous, aimant mais avare de paroles. Resurgissent alors la mort inexpliquee de sa mere et la passion coupable qu''il nourrit pour la seconde femme de son pere, la jeune Anglaise Mona.Recit d''une construction de soi, ce roman depeint avec justesse une jeunesse du monde arabe tiraillee par l''exil et le renoncement.

En 1990, Hisham Matar a 19 ans lorsque son père Jaballa disparaît. Celui-ci est enlevé et emprisonné en Libye pour s'être opposé au régime de Kadhafi. Sa famille reçoit quelques lettres, secrètement envoyées, jusqu'a ce que toute correspondance cesse brusquement. En 2011, a la chute du dictateur, Jaballa reste introuvable. L'auteur mène l'enquête. Prix du livre étranger France Inter-JDD 2017.

FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AND MAN BOOKER SHORTLISTED AUTHOR Sparkles with brilliant observations on art and architecture friendship and loss Guardian Everybody should get to spend a month with Mr Matar looking at paintings Zadie Smith Wall Street Journal Books of the Year Matar was nineteen years old when his father was kidnapped In the year following he found himself turning to art particularly the great paintings of the Sienese School They became a refuge and a way to think about the world outside the urgencies of the present A quarter of a century later having found no trace of his father Matar finally visits the birthplace of those paintings A Month in Siena is the encounter between the writer and the city It is an immersion in painting a consideration of love grief and a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and life A dazzling exploration of art s impact on his life and writing and a moving contemplation of grief Financial Times I can think of no better expression of the humane than this economical modest yet altogether breathtaking book New Statesman Books of the Year Bewitching intensely moving The Economist Bo

Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses.

Lorsque le jeune Khaled découvre à Benghazi, attablé avec ses parents autour du poste de radio, la puissance d'une nouvelle lue par un grand journaliste libyen expatrié à Londres, il est loin d'imagi

O Retorno é, ao mesmo tempo, uma história universal e profundamente pessoal. É uma meditação primorosa a respeito de como a história e a política podem influenciar a vida de um indivíduo. E, no entan

Prix Pulitzer de la biographie. En 1990, Hisham Matar a dix-neuf ans lorsque son père, Jaballa Matar, disparaît. Celui-ci, après avoir trouvé refuge en Égypte avec ses proches, est enlevé et emprison

À dix-neuf ans, Hisham Matar développe une mystérieuse fascination pour l’école siennoise de peinture. La même année, il perd toute trace de son père, probablement disparu dans les geôles de Kadhafi.

"Il est des jours ou labsence de mon pere me pese comme un enfant assis sur ma poitrine. Il en est dautres ou je me souviens a peine des traits exacts de son visage, jusqua devoir sortir de leur vieille enveloppe les photographies rangees dans le tiroir de ma table de nuit. Jamais, depuis sa soudaine et mysterieuse disparition, je nai cesse de le chercher, de scruter les endroits les plus improbables." Kamal Pasha el-Alfi, dissident politique sous une dictature arabe et ancien ministre de la monarchie egyptienne, est enleve sous les yeux de sa maitresse. Son fils Nuri, adolescent a lepoque, naura de cesse delucider ce mystere. Devenu adulte, il sempare du souvenir de cet homme respecte de tous, aimant mais avare de paroles. Resurgissent alors la mort inexpliquee de sa mere et la passion coupable quil nourrit pour la seconde femme de son pere, la jeune Anglaise Mona. Recit dune construction de soi, ce roman depeint avec justesse une jeunesse du monde arabe tiraillee par lexil et le renoncement.