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In the Country of Men [Audiobook] [CD] (MP3 CD)

by Hisham Matar (Author), Stephen Hoye (Reader)

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Publisher: Tantor Media; Unabridged edition (April 2 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400154189
ISBN-13: 978-1400154180
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 359 g

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Starred Review. Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, Matar's debut novel tracks the effects of Libyan strongman Khadafy's 1969 September revolution on the el-Dawani family, as seen by nine-year-old Suleiman, who narrates as an adult. Living in Tripoli 10 years after the revolution with his parents and spending lazy summer days with his best friend, Kareem, Suleiman has his world turned upside down when the secret police–like Revolutionary Committee puts the family in its sights—though Suleiman does not know it, his father has spoken against the regime and is a clandestine agitator—along with families in the neighborhood. When Kareem's father is arrested as a traitor, Suleiman's own father appears to be next. The ensuing brutality resonates beyond the bloody events themselves to a brutalizing of heart and mind for all concerned. Matar renders it brilliantly, as well as zeroing in on the regime's reign of terror itself: mock trials, televised executions, neighbors informing on friends, persecution mania in those remaining. By the end, Suleiman's father must either renounce the cause or die for it, and Suleiman faces the aftermath of conflicts (including one with Kareem) that have left no one untouched. Suleiman's bewilderment speaks volumes. Matar wrests beauty from searing dread and loss. (Feb.)
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Adult/High School—This is the story of the impact of small revolutions, not on the men and women who participate in the upheavals, but on the children who barely understand the world in which they find themselves. Suleiman is a nine-year-old in Qaddafi's Libya, proud of his country and his father, and worried about his mother's "illness." He is unprepared to understand the danger his father, a believer in democracy, is in, or the role that he, just a child, must play to protect his family. What is most disturbing is that he must play the games of adults, but without knowing the rules. There is no heroism here, only fear, betrayal, and mistrust. This is a difficult book: the characters are fatally flawed, the plot revels in the gray area of a child's memories and immature perceptions, and in the end there is little redemption. The plot unfolds credibly through the boy's eyes, and it is readers who shed light on the secrets. There is no judgment, and yet there is a heavy patina of guilt in the narrative. Well written, with evocative descriptions of heat and landscape that intensify readers' experience, the story lingers long after the book is closed. Teens serious about understanding the complex nature of patriotism will find much to ponder here.—Mary Ann Harlan, Arcata High School, CA
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4.0 out of 5 stars well crafted, Dec 31 2006

By	Darlene McDonough "darlenem68" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hard to get into, Jan 12 2008

By	Earth Element (Northern Alberta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In The Country Of Men (Paperback)

As the back cover states, the book is written with the mind frame of a 9 yr old child. The descriptive way things are written are wonderful and there were parts of his innocence that made me snicker.

The confusion this boy has in grasping the reality of an adult world & making sense of what is going on politically with his family, his community, makes the book hard to stay focused through however.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful story, Jan 27 2007

By	Sancho Mahle (Charlotte, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

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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