Alone in the world

Description

Set against the backdrop of life in Tripoli during Gaddafi's early days, Hisham Matar has written a moving portrait of a boy, whose innocent gaze discovers the lights and shadows of a country that awakens to the harsh reality of the conflicts and tensions generated during decades of placid lethargy. Considered by The Times "one of the most brilliant literary debuts of recent years", Only in the world has it been a finalist for the Man Booker Prize – a distinction never before achieved by a first novel – and will be translated into twenty languages.. At nine years old, Soliman begins to perceive that, beyond children's games, There is another world outside the protective bosom of your family.. When his father goes on a trip and Soliman remains the man of the house, A chance and confusing encounter breaks blind trust in their parents for the first time.. From that moment, For Suleiman, the world becomes a place full of uncertainties. It no longer even comforts him to take refuge in his mother's lap., who, in a moment of weakness, He confesses the painful story of his own childhood.. So, Suleiman will discover new words like "betrayal", "violence" or "forgiveness", and unable to assimilate the codes that govern the world of adults, will make some decisions with terrible consequences. Infused with nostalgia for the double paradise lost, that of childhood and that of the distant and inaccessible homeland, The pages of Alone in the World reflect the indelible ties that unite a person with the place where they were born.