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My Friends

Written by: Hisham Matar
Narrated by: Hisham Matar
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Brought to you by Penguin.

A masterful, intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide - from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author of THE RETURN

Khaled and Mustafa meet at university in Edinburgh: two Libyan eighteen-year-olds expecting to return home after their studies. In a moment of recklessness and courage, they travel to London to join a demonstration in front of the Libyan embassy. When government officials open fire on protestors in broad daylight, both friends are wounded, and their lives forever changed.

Over the years that follow, Khaled, Mustafa and their friend Hosam, a writer, are bound together by their shared history. If friendship is a space to inhabit, theirs becomes small and inhospitable when a revolution in Libya forces them to choose between the lives they have created in London and the lives they left behind.

©2024 Hisham Matar (P)2024 Penguin Audio Friendship Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

Critic Reviews

I have always admired Matar's tender and compassionate but equally strong and compelling voice (Elif Shafak)
My Friends is Matar's most political novel, but also an intimate meditation on friendship and love and everything in between. It is deeply affecting, generous and wise, and all these virtues come in writing of extraordinary elegance, with one of those voices that you want to listen to for the rest of your life. (Juan Gabriel Vásquez)
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Great narration and moving account of the vicissitudes of three friends through a turbulent period of Libyan history

Great Libyan Historical Story

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Loved the content, intent and it's contemporary relevance. Enjoyed the narrative and narration. Highly recommended.

Brilliant

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I enjoyed the listen particularly because the narration was excellent and the writing style has a lot of depth. But the story goes nowhere. 3 libiyan origin youngsters participate in a demonstration in front of the Libiyan embassy in London. Two of them are shot and obtain political asylum. The book revolves around how this incident affects their lives. The premise shows a lot of promise, but the story goes nowhere and the main character remains stunted in terms of character development- too traumatised to move forward. However, one thing must be acknowledged- the book was exceptionally realistic on how such events could affect a person.

Spolier:
One lives a secluded life in London, never returning home- perpetually traumatised, one becomes emboldened towards the cause, and the last is a mix of both.

Skippable, the author may surely have better works.

Great writing, little substance

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