Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
Call Number:
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920 Matar |
Author:
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Matar, Hisham |
Title:
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The Return |
Remainder of title:
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fathers, sons, and the land in between / |
Summary, etc. note:
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"In 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, the acclaimed novelist Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later Matar's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to have been held in the regime's most notorious prison. Now, the prisons are empty and little hope remains that Jaballah Matar will be found alive. Yet, as the author writes, hope is "persistent and cunning." This book is a profoundly moving family memoir, a brilliant and affecting portrait of a country and a people on the cusp of immense change, and a disturbing and timeless depiction of the monstrous nature of absolute power"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780812994827 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
International Standard Book Number:
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9780399589430 (international edition : acid-free paper) |
Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780812994834 (ebook) |
Description conventions:
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rda |
Authentication code:
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pcc |
Geographic area code:
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f-ly--- |
Classification number:
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PR6113.A87 |
Item number:
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Z46 2016 |
Edition number:
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23 |
Classification number:
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823/.92 |
Classification number:
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B |
Source of number:
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bisacsh |
Classification number:
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BIO026000 |
Classification number:
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FAM020000 |
Dates associated with a name:
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1970- |
Relator term:
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author. |
Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Hisham Matar. |
Edition statement:
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First U.S. edition. |
Place of publication:
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New York, N.Y. |
Name of publisher:
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Random House |
Date of publication:
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2016 |
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New York : |
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Random House, |
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[2016] |
Extent:
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243 pages : 24 cm. |
Other physical details:
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map ; |
Dimensions:
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22 cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
Source of acquisition:
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Donated by Andrew Fenniman 03/13/17 |
Purchase price:
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26.00 |
Personal name:
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Matar, Hisham, |
Personal name:
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Matar, Hisham, |
Dates associated with a name:
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1970- |
Dates associated with a name:
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1970- |
General subdivision:
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Travel |
Geographic subdivision:
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Libya. |
Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
Subject:
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Authors, American |
Subject:
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Fathers and sons. |
Subject:
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. |
Subject:
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood. |
Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xn12 2016-07-22 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.; |
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HAND CARRY -- NEEDED FOR CALM; PLS CONTACT amgo, x72445 / scar, x7717 2016-07-29 |
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ce08 2016-01-15 |
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xk06 2016-08-01 to CALM |
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ce08 2016-01-15 ONIX to Dewey |
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xk14 2016-01-15 to CIP |