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Literature & Fiction

In the Country of Men

In the Country of Men

Libya, 1979. Nine-year-old Suleimanâ‚¬s days are circumscribed by the narrow rituals of childhood: outings to the ruins surrounding Tripoli, games with friends played under the burning sun, exotic gifts from his fatherâ‚¬s constant business trips abroad. But his nights have come to revolve around his motherâ‚¬s increasingly disturbing bedside stories full of old family bitterness. And then one day Suleiman sees his father across the square of a busy marketplace, his face wrapped in a pair of dark sunglasses. Wasnâ‚¬t he supposed to be away on business yet again? Why is he going into that strange building with the green shutters? Why did he lie?

Suleiman is soon caught up in a world he cannot hope to understandâ‚¬"where the sound of the telephone ringing becomes a portent of grave danger; where his mother frantically burns his fatherâ‚¬s cherished books; where a stranger full of sinister questions sits outside in a parked car all day; where his best friendâ‚¬s father can disappear overnight, next to be seen publicly interrogated on state television.

In the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the private fallout of a public nightmare. But above all, it is a debut of rare insight and literary grace.
Country USA
Brand The Dial Press
Manufacturer The Dial Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-01-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385340427

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