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 homel&. In this moving memoir, the author takes us on an illuminating journey, both physical & psychological; a journey to find his father & rediscover his country.