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100	1		_aMatar, Hisham
245	1	4	_aThe return : _bfathers, sons, and the land in between _c/ Hisham Matar
250			_aFirst U.S. edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Random House _c, 2016
300			_a243 p. _b: illus. _c; 22 cm
520			_aIn 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later Matar's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to have been held in the regime's most notorious prison. Now, the prisons are empty and little hope remains that Jaballah Matar will be found alive. Yet, as the author writes, hope is "persistent and cunning." This book is a profoundly moving family memoir, an affecting portrait of a country and a people on the cusp of immense change, and a disturbing and timeless depiction of the monstrous nature of absolute power.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_a Matar, Hisham _d(1970 -)
600	1	4	_aMatar, Hisham _d(1970) _x-Travel _z-Libya
650		4	_aAuthors, American _v--Biography
650		4	_aFathers and sons
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