The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between

Hisham Matar is a Libyan-American novelist and memoirist whose work excavates the intersections of political violence, exile, memory, and family. Born in New York City to Libyan parents, he spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo before moving to England, where he was educated at the London School of Economics. His debut novel In the Country of Men (2006) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and won several international prizes. Read more →