My Friends

Once again, Hisham Matar returns with a captivating novel that solidifies his talent, winning awards, garnering critical acclaim, and attracting readers in over 30 languages. Hisham Matar's "My Friends" is a magnificent novel that, with a tender voice and exquisite style, delves into the lives of its protagonists, skillfully navigating the meanings of exile, friendship, family, love, and pain, penned by a sensitive artist and one of the most important contemporary writers.

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"With the keen sensitivity and delicate penmanship we have come to expect from him, Hisham Matar, in 'My Friends', takes us on a journey through one night in the streets of London, spanning thirty years, showing us how political circumstances and events shape individuals' lives and intrude upon their most intricate details."

Ahdaf Soueif

"I have always admired Hisham Matar's voice; a tender and compassionate voice that is equally powerful and captivating."

Elif Shafak

"This is a novel haunted by testimony and a memory packed with vivid scenes, moving through its sections with great freedom, exploring and revealing the long, visible and invisible, hands of oppressive authorities and their practices, which cast their heavy shadows over human bonds, shaping scenes that are impossible to ignore, and also impossible to forget."