Hisham Matar’s novels, In the Country of Men and Anatomy of a Disappearance, are both narrated by a boy whose father is kidnapped by a totalitarian regime. The first is set in Libya, the second in exile from a nameless Arab country. In The Return, Matar’s wonderful new memoir, we see how chillingly autobiographical these novels are.
This is the story of a search for answers, both personal and political, with the long history of Libya’s struggles as a backdrop. Matar’s father, a Libyan ex-diplomat, businessman and dissident, was kidnapped in Cairo in 1990 when Hisham was 19.
03 August 2016, The Tablet
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