by Hisham Matar · La Magrana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478718900
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«Al país dels homes» is the novel by Hisham Matar, published by La Magrana in paperback (256 pages, in Catalan).
In 1970s Libya, under Gaddafi's regime, Suleiman, a nine-year-old boy, grows up in the suburbs of Tripoli. When his father, a merchant, travels, his mother takes refuge in drink and confesses that her marriage was forced. A story about childhood, family, and political repression.
Translation by Jordi Soldevila Canal and Lluis Delgado Pico. Volume 210 of the Otros La Magrana collection. Original work: «In the Country of Men».
For readers of literary and historical fiction, especially those seeking stories of childhood in Gaddafi's Libya and political repression.
Hisham Matar is an American-born British-Libyan novelist, essayist, and memoirist. His debut novel In the Country of Men was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, and his memoir of the search for his father, The Return, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and several other awards. Matar's essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times, and many other publications. He has also written several other novels.
