by Hisham Matar · Quinteto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497110563
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«Solo en el mundo» is the contemporary novel by Hisham Matar, published by Quinteto in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
In the Tripoli of Gaddafi's early years, Solimán, a nine-year-old boy, discovers the adult world when his father leaves on a trip. A chance encounter shatters his trust in his parents, and his mother's confession about her own childhood brings him closer to words like betrayal, violence or forgiveness.
Work originally published as 'In the Country of Men' (2006), translated by Ana María De La Fuente Rodríguez; shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and part of the Quinteto Bolsillo collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction and historical narrative, and for reading clubs: a child's voice against a political backdrop.
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.
