{"product_id":"return-8","title":"Return","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a universal and an intensely personal tale. It is an exquisite meditation on how history and politics can bear down on an individual life. And yet Hisham Matar''s memoir isn''t just about the burden of the past, but the consolation of love, literature and art. It is the story of what it is to be human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years later, the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical and psychological; a journey to find his father and rediscover his country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A beautifully-written memoir that skillfully balances a graceful guide through Libya''s recent history with the author''s dogged quest to find his father''\u003c\/b\u003e Barack Obama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHisham Matar''s new novel \u003ci\u003eMy Friends \u003c\/i\u003eis available now!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319291421054,"sku":"NW9780241966280","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241966280.jpg?v=1778246892","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/return-8","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}