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Au pays des hommes Hisham Matar 2007

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By Hisham Matar
| livraddict.com
Est-ce bien Baba, caché derrière des lunettes noires, qu’il a aperçu ? Suleiman est troublé : son père, que l’on dit en voyage d’affaire, a traversé la place en l’ignorant. En cet été 1979 à Tripoli, les événements lui échappent : un proche de son ami Karim est emmené violemment par des inconnus. Et que veulent ces hommes qui fouillent sa maison ? Pourquoi sa mère brûle-t-elle tous leurs livres ? Titre original : In The Country Of Men (2007)
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At the Border of the Night

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By Hisham Matar, Naguib Mahfouz
| Bidoun Verified
I met Naguib Mahfouz for the first and only time at a secret location in Cairo. This was after October 15, 1994, the day he was attacked in one of the alleyways he frequented on his daily walk, by a stranger who stabbed him repeatedly in the neck.
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Summer 2025 Reads

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By Hisham Matar, Margaret Vandenburg
| Barnard College
Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin ’00 This first novel by Elkin, an essayist, cultural critic, and translator, tells the story of two young couples living in the same Parisian apartment nearly 50 years apart yet experiencing similarly complicated lives. The dreamlike narrative shifts between the characters and across time, as they confront the challenges of marriage, fidelity, pregnancy, loss, and the turbulent times they find themselves in.
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