WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHYWINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 The Return is at once a universal & an intensely personal tale It is an exquisite meditation on how history & politics can bear down on an individual life & yet Hisham Matar's memoir isn't just about the burden of the past but the consolation of love literature & art It is the story of what it is to be human Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped & taken to prison in Libya He would never see him again Twenty-two years later the fall of Gaddafi meant he was finally able to return to his homeland In this moving memoir the author takes us on an illuminating journey both physical & psychological; a journey to find his father & rediscover his country