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title: "The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between Hardcover – International Edition, 5 Jul 2016"
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# The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between Hardcover – International Edition, 5 Jul 2016

**Brand:** hisham matar
**Price:** € 93.67
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- **What is this?** The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between Hardcover – International Edition, 5 Jul 2016 by hisham matar
- **How much does it cost?** € 93.67 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Poetic and informative
            
*by B***M on 23 May 2017*

this book is a beautifully written account of  loss, bereavement and the relationship between father and son. It also shines a light on what it is to be Libyan and live in the western world with all the attachments to the people and places of your youth force ably taken from you.it is quite a short book but at the end you feel you know the author well and have had your eyes opened to the effect that pointless egotistical brutality has on ordinary people, It is also a long love letter to Matar's father.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can one truly rediscover the truth of the past ?
            
*by M***K on 15 May 2017*

Hisham Matar's work will appeal to the reflective reader who is interested in the emotional effects of the alienation which arises in many families of refugees who have been displaced countless times . There is a rootlessness which results from constant physical and mental relocation where emotions may be put on hold .This slight volume does not labour the study of the displaced's psyche but rather retails a series of rearrivals and refamiliarisations as he returns to Libya and sees old locations with his adult eye. In a way it is true for all trying to equate current  concepts of the imaginary past events and placeswith a new view.Matar's use of language makes it a intellectually satisfying read.
  

### ⭐⭐⭐ Disappointing and too long
            
*by F***R on 21 May 2018*

I found this quite disappointing, having loved Matar's novel based on his Libyan childhood. This is a story from the perspective of a man whose father vanished (kidnapped and jailed in Libya) when he was an adolescent. He never got to know his father in an adult relationship, so the hero worship of a man who struck me as deeply irresponsible and the detailed accounts of the pursuit of will o' the wisp clues as to his whereabouts over the years, particularly after the fall of Ghadaffi was presumably cathartic for Matar to write about, but actually not that interesting to the reader. The whole thing could have been nicely wrapped up in 100 pages.
  

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