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(0)Hisham Matar
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Pub. Date
2020
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FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR 'Sparkles with brilliant observations on art and architecture, friendship and loss' Guardian When Hisham Matar was nineteen years old he came across the Sienese School of painting for the first time. In the year in which Matar's life was shattered by the disappearance of his father the work of the great artists of Siena seemed to offer him a sense of hope. Over the years since then,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2012
Description
In Tripoli, Libya, in the summer of 1979, nine-year-old Suleiman is shopping with his mother. His father is away on business, but Suleiman is sure he has just seen him, standing across the street. This novel is told from the point of view of a young boy growing up in a terrifying and bewildering world.
3) My friends
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Khaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen-year-olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they travel to London to join a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy. When government officials open fire on protestors in broad daylight, both friends are wounded, and their lives forever changed. Over the years that follow, Khaled, Mustafa and their friend Hosam, a writer,...