Friday 27 April 2007

More About Hisham Matar

Hisham Matar is famous for his novel In The Country of Men being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize last year, but what do we know about his background and what has inspired him? Click here to read a fascinating article in The Guardian called 'Love, loss and all points in between'.

You can also read an extract from the novel here.

Hisham is also a Translator; check out the Words Without Borders website to find out more about his translations of the work of Mohammed Al-Asfar.

What have the critics said of Hisham's debut novel? Have a look at Metacritic.com to find out what people made of the book, from The Daily Telegraph to the Boston Globe!

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