280 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241966280
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: 02 March 2017
Description
The Return 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 consola...
Community Reviews Summary of 506 reviews
Moods
sad 73%
informative 70%
reflective 70%
dark 53%
challenging 40%
tense 40%
mysterious 16%
inspiring 13%
hopeful 6%
adventurous 3%
Pace
slow 25%
fast 3%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Confinement, Death, Gun violence
280 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241966280
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: 02 March 2017
Description
The Return 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 consola...
Community Reviews Summary of 506 reviews
Moods
sad 73%
informative 70%
reflective 70%
dark 53%
challenging 40%
tense 40%
mysterious 16%
inspiring 13%
hopeful 6%
adventurous 3%
Pace
slow 25%
fast 3%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Confinement, Death, Gun violence