- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385340435
- ISBN-13: 978-0385340434
- Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 1.3 x 20.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,935,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful story,
By Sancho Mahle (Charlotte, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In The Country Of Men (Hardcover)
This very powerful and touching novel is not only revealing but also opens our minds to more questions, the most powerful of which is the problem of freedom in a land haunted by limited civil liberties and the strong man, a diseases that is still plaguing Africa today. From books like Triple Agent Double Cross, Nervous Conditions, Wizard of the Crows, Union Moujik, we get a vivid picture of living in unfree societies.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
well crafted,
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This review is from: In The Country Of Men (Hardcover)
In the summer of 1979, nine year old Suleiman el-Dewani is forced to learn some very difficult lessons on life and politics in his native country of Libya. The only child of twenty-four year old Najwa, and thirty-three year old Faraj, Suleiman is the centre of his mother's universe. When his father is repeatedly away on what Suleiman is told are 'business trips' his young mother always takes ill and needs her 'medicine', which she serepitiously purchases from the local bakery owner as this type of medicine is illegal. On the frequent occasions when his mother is deep into her medicinal haze, Suleiman hears her stories of family secrets and bears the burden of his mother's sadness at the loss of her youth and her sorrow at having been pushed into a marriage at the tender age of fourteen to a man she did not know.When Suleiman, out shopping with his mother, sees his father across the marketplace when he has been told his father is away on business, he becomes confused and intrigued as to why he has been lied to. As they are driving home, Suleiman and his mother are escorted by a government car, right up to their driveway. The subterfuge and intrigue continue and throughout the course of the summer, young Suleiman learns in very personal and profound ways about what it means to stand up for your beliefs against seemingly insurmountable odds, and how some are even willing to die for their beliefs. Narrated by the now grown Suleiman, Matar weaves a poignant story about a lonely boy who is thrust into the adult world all to quickly and it is the events of the summer of his ninth year that shape the course of his life. Beautifully written, touching, and highly recommended.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Matar's Masterpiece,
This review is from: In the Country of Men (Paperback)
With his novel 'In the Country of Men' Hisham Matar has created an absorbing masterpiece for which he has been awarded a number of prestigious prizes. The eloquent and sensitive prose depicts the impressions and reflections of a 9 year-old boy in Tripoli during the l970s political upheavals. In vain he tries to understand the menacing world around him whilst the reader is made all to aware of them. This is a world of love and hate, of shocking cruelty and wonderful nostalgia, mixed with rare flashes of humour. Such parallels also extend from the political- to his personal environment. The sensitive narrative about the life of his family and friends elicit the readers' keen interest and empathy, holding us spellbound to the end. This work deserves to grace every book-lovers library.
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