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In the book "Nobody in the World", Hisham Matar takes the reader to a country where no other book has taken me: Libya. Suleiman grows up in Tripoli in the 1970s, under the Gaddafi regime. It is a totalitarian state, where your neighbour can be an "antenna".
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Revolutionary Committee cars pick up citizens suspected of defying the regime and they are interrogated, beaten (or executed) on prime time television. The story is told from the perspective of nine-year-old Suleiman, with language that is at times poetic. Worth reading!
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Ninny says:
It might be something to remember! Thanks for the tip!
30 September 2010 - 5:45
Pockethexane says:
That's the beauty of "Wordless Wednesday." that a picture can say so many things to everyone else and that you shouldn't be controlled by what the person posting the picture wants it to be....
But in some cases, it's frustrating not to know, so now I'm telling you that it was a Pippi doll for a Pippi crazy daughter 15 years ago <;D
How nice to see paperback book tips, sounds like a really worthwhile book, will definitely end up on my "must read list" which has undeniably started to become frighteningly long...
It would be great fun if you would like to be a "guest reviewer" with me, with pictures and tips on the book and places to read it or how you want to organise it. Unfortunately, it's been a long time since I've had one so now it would be very fun if you / you want to bite on my idea. You can write to my blog or post it as a comment (but then I won't get any photos <;p).
Kramis gets one bookish campervan friend to another!
<;D
30 September 2010 - 12:52
Alexandra says:
Exciting. Must read.
You know, I had also only seen such surprises on film. It was magical!
Have a nice day!
30 September 2010 - 15:39
Captain Haddock says:
Thanks for the link, Freedomtravel. I also have some experience of living in a car as my wife and I drove around Europe from the North Cape to Naples in the 90s in a Landcruiser and later in a Ford Transit. But now it is a houseboat that applies.
The book tip is noted.
30 September 2010 - 20:20