“I knew no one here and yet I knew them all. i knew this tentative silence, these faces and their cautious withholding. I could sit without saying a word, enduring that discreet anonymity of Libyan male society, with its careful social architecture that allows each one to keep to himself all that matters, that one could come to know an individual intimately and yet have no idea of an essential fact about him.” Men Book:My Friends Source: My Friends
“Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, is an eloquent and restrained portrait of one man's exile. It is a rare narrative in that it charts a life divided between England and Sudan. Without a doubt it is one of the finest Arabic novels of the 20th century, and Denys Johnson-Davies' translationdoes the original justice.” MenJusticeNovelDoubtCenturySeasonsEnglandOriginalsNarrativeOne ManDividedFinestPortraits20th CenturyExileJohnsonEloquentMigrationSudan Author:Hisham Matar
“When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me and my desire to want to know him and his world became almost compulsive.” KnowsMenWorldWantWritingFirstsCountryDesireVoiceIntriguedProtagonists Author:Hisham Matar
