01006nam a2200157 4500 6320 9780241957073 (pbk.) : Matar, Hisham, 1970- In the country of men / Hisham Matar. London : Penguin, 2012. 244 pages ; 20 cm. Originally published: London: Viking, 2006. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his parents. He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business, but then he sees his father, standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses. Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie and questions go unanswered. Suleiman turns to his mother, who, under the cover of night, entrusts him with the secret story of her childhood. Libya -- Fiction. Libya -- History -- 1969- -- Fiction. 5331 5331 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC RTCLIB RTCLIB FIC 2018-11-27 10037 5 2 FIC 813.54 MAT 30010172 2024-04-11 00:00:00 2024-03-29 2018-11-27 FIC