The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between by Hisham Matar

The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between

Hisham Matar

280 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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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...

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Moods

emotional 84%
sad 75%
reflective 72%
informative 66%
challenging 44%
dark 43%
tense 26%
inspiring 11%
mysterious 11%
hopeful 7%
adventurous 4%

Pace

medium 64%
slow 29%
fast 6%

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4.22

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