Description
In the Country of Men follows nine-year-old Suleiman as he tries to make sense of a family life unraveling in the shadow of political violence and personal secrecy. As his father grows increasingly absent and his mother’s “illnesses” become a recurring, unsettling pattern, Suleiman is drawn into a world of half-truths, fear, and longing—where love and loss are never far apart. Told with quiet intensity, the novel explores themes of exile, memory, and the fragile ways children interpret adult realities. Hisham Matar’s lyrical, emotionally precise style turns a coming-of-age story into a haunting meditation on what it means to survive when the people you trust disappear.
Available Editions
paperback
Dial Press
Published Jan 30, 2007
258 pages
ISBN: 9780440336648
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Details
First Published
2006
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar.