Anatomy of a Disappearance

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• SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH BOOKS » Blog Archive » Hisham Matar–ANATOMY OF A DISAPPEARANCE

  “There has not been a day since [my father’s] sudden and mysterious vanishing that I have not been searching for him, looking in the most unlikely places. Everything and everyone, existence itself, has become an evocation, a possibility for resemblan ... (read full critics)

  marywhipplereviews published on Wed, 5 Oct 2011

• A Libyan Author Writes of Exile and a Vanished Father

  Ever since a Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire last December, people around the world have been asking how a new generation of Arab rebels learned to do what their parents could not: resist and even defeat a brutal pol ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 10 Sep 2011

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  Absolutely compelling

  Hats off to you sir, Hisham Matar - the language is extremely well crafted, the characters are extremely well formed and the plot leaves you extremely well connected with the incredibly woven themes of love and loss. The pace and size of the book reminds me of the experience of reading 'On Chesil Be ... (continue)

  Hats off to you sir, Hisham Matar - the language is extremely well crafted, the characters are extremely well formed and the plot leaves you extremely well connected with the incredibly woven themes of love and loss. The pace and size of the book reminds me of the experience of reading 'On Chesil Beach' but this, in my view, surpasses McEwan's novela. There's no doubt that a tremendous amount of thought, effort and time has gone into this book with no sentence left ambiguous, no word out of place and yet one huge question left unanswered - the disappearance. 'The Anatomy of a Disappearance' perfectly describes what is an incredibly powerful insight into what Hisham has personal reasons for communicating through his writing. A powerful and unforgettable read.

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• English Books
• Others 356 Pages
• ISBN-10: 067091651X
• ISBN-13: 9780670916511
• Publisher: Viking
• Pub date: Feb 28, 2011
• Also available as: Paperback and eBook

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