Anatomy of a Disappearance

Posted on 23 May 2017 by Hisham Matar

Nuri is a young boy when his mother dies It seems that nothing will fill the emptiness that her strange death leaves behind in the Cairo apartment he shares with his father Until they meet Mona, sitting in her yellow swimsuit by the pool of the Magda Marina hotel As soon as Nuri sees her, the rest of the world vanishes But it is Nuri s father with whom Mona falls in love and whom she eventually marries And their happiness consumes Nuri to the point where he wishes his father would disappear.Nuri will, however, soon regret what he wished for His father, long a dissident in exile from his homeland, is taken under mysterious circumstances And, as the world that Nuri and his stepmother share is shattered by events beyond their control, they begin to realize how little they knew about the man they both loved Anatomy of a Disappearance is written with all the emotional precision and intimacy that have won Hisham Matar tremendous international recognition In a voice that is delicately wrought and beautifully tender, he asks When a loved one disappears, how does their absence shape the lives of those who are left Free Read Anatomy of a Disappearance [ by ] Hisham Matar [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Nuri is eight when his mother dies A few years later at a resort where he is staying with his father, he meets Mona, a woman eleven years his elder, who he develops a fascination with that last years His father, an ex finance minister, whose life is in danger after Gaddafi takes control of his country, had already moved his family to Cairo He will marry Mona to give the young Nuri a mother He will eventu...NESSUNO AL MONDO Nuri, l io narrante di questo romanzo, racconta la sua vita tra gli otto e i 25 anni.Ma se adesso dovessi descriverlo, dire perch si comporta come si comporta, cosa sente a parte la lapalissiana mancanza del padre , non ci riuscirei, andrei un po di qua e un po di l , farei confusione e non saprei centrare il fulcro.Non avrei pi successo con Mona, oppure provando a descrivere il grande assente, il padre.Men che meno con la madre morta.Forse, mi andrebbe meglio con Naima, m NESSUNO AL MONDO Nuri, l io narrante di questo romanzo, racconta la sua vita tra gli otto e i 25 anni.Ma se adesso dovessi descriverlo, dire perch si comporta come si comporta, cosa sente a parte la lapalissiana mancanza del padre , non ci riuscirei, andrei un po di qua e un po di l , farei confusione e non saprei cen...I was fascinated with this spare yet elegantly written coming of age novel because so much of the story parallels the author, Hisham Matar s own life In this semi autobiographical story, Nuri, a young boy of 14 years, loses his father a diplomat and dissident living in political exile in Egypt when he is suddenly abducted and disappeared by some unnamed foreign government The novel recounts the next 10 years of Nuri s life as he uncovers pieces of his father s mysterious past and attempts I was fascinated with this spare yet elegantly written coming of age novel because so much of the story parallels the author, Hisham Matar s own life In this semi autobiographical story, Nuri, a young boy of 14 years, loses his father a diplomat and dissident living in political exile in Egypt when he is suddenly abducted and disappeared by some unnamed foreign government The novel recounts the next 10 years of Nuri s life as he uncovers pieces of his father s mysterious past and attempts to come to terms with the knowledge that he may be gone for good.Hisham Matar based this novel on much of his own personal experiences His father was kidnapped from the family home in Cairo and then handed over and imprisoned by the Libyan Gadhafi regime Except for one letter smuggled out in 1995, he was never heard from again.In this story, details of the political plot and Nuri s father s whereabouts were purposely obscure as I feel they should be in order to mirror this au...My father is a quite type, you will always see him sitting in a sofa watching television or sitting in the near bench He never cared of his surroundings or maybe I m too heartless to share his feelings I live with that kind of situation and never regret that I have a father like him I lived closely with my mom and siblings and if you ask me, I used to having my mom at my side than sitting with my quite father Anatomy of Disappearance is written by Hisham Matar, a Libyan author and shortlisted My father is a quite type, you will always see him sitting in a sofa watching television or sitting in the near.... , , , ,,, , ,, , , ,,, , ,, , , ,, , , , , , , , , ,,, , ,,. ... ..I m really charmed On every page I was torn between turning the page quickly to know what happens next, and slowing down so that I can enjoy it for longer The language is so intense, so condensed distilled is a better description , yet so elegant.

English
23 May 2017

Hisham Matar