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Anatomy of a Disappearance
Hisham Matar
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Description for Anatomy of a Disappearance
Paperback. In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry. Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona's heart. But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for. Alone, he and Mona search desperately for the man they both love. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry. Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona's heart. But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for. Alone, he and Mona search desperately for the man they both love. Only for Nuri to discover a silence he cannot break and unimaginable secrets his father never wanted him to know.
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141027500
SKU
V9780141027500
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About Hisham Matar
Hisham Matar was born in New York to Libyan parents, spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo and has lived most of his life in London. His memoir The Return received a Pulitzer Prize in 2017. He is also the author of In the Country of Men, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Anatomy of a Disappearance and A Month in ... Read more
Reviews for Anatomy of a Disappearance
A fable of loss, and an often troubling meditation on fathers and sons. Matar is writing from the heart
Observer
This beautiful, subtle novel, like the lives of its characters, repays many readings
Helen Dunmore
The Times
Hisham Matar is a master of the evocative; he creates his effects, on the page and on our ... Read more
Observer
This beautiful, subtle novel, like the lives of its characters, repays many readings
Helen Dunmore
The Times
Hisham Matar is a master of the evocative; he creates his effects, on the page and on our ... Read more