My friends
14.99 €
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My friends
14.99 €
A masterfully written, touching novel about three friends living in political exile and their emotional refuge – friendship.
As a teenager, Khaled, sitting in his kitchen in his native Benghazi, heard a strange, mesmerizing story on the radio about a man and a cat, who carefully and tenderly nibbled at him piece by piece, and at the last moment, when almost nothing remained of the man, he stopped the cat with a short, "No."
This story by a budding writer would shape Khaled's life, sending him to Edinburgh to study literature, and then to London, where in 1984 he found himself at the center of the famous demonstration of Libyans protesting against the Gaddafi regime. The Libyan embassy opened fire on the demonstrators, and from this turning point, Khaled embarked on a meditative, Eastern-style, and meandering journey that would last a lifetime, accompanied by two friends.
Matar's novel is a refined and simple meditation on what it means to have or not have a home, what home even is, how to survive alone with PTSD, and the elusive essence of friendship, one without debts or promises, without material ties or vows of fidelity. There are books that grab you immediately, but you quickly move on. My Friends is different. It slowly seeps into you, enveloping you, just like a friendship without obligations—a friendship that is stronger than any commitment.
As a teenager, Khaled, sitting in his kitchen in his native Benghazi, heard a strange, mesmerizing story on the radio about a man and a cat, who carefully and tenderly nibbled at him piece by piece, and at the last moment, when almost nothing remained of the man, he stopped the cat with a short, "No."
This story by a budding writer would shape Khaled's life, sending him to Edinburgh to study literature, and then to London, where in 1984 he found himself at the center of the famous demonstration of Libyans protesting against the Gaddafi regime. The Libyan embassy opened fire on the demonstrators, and from this turning point, Khaled embarked on a meditative, Eastern-style, and meandering journey that would last a lifetime, accompanied by two friends.
Matar's novel is a refined and simple meditation on what it means to have or not have a home, what home even is, how to survive alone with PTSD, and the elusive essence of friendship, one without debts or promises, without material ties or vows of fidelity. There are books that grab you immediately, but you quickly move on. My Friends is different. It slowly seeps into you, enveloping you, just like a friendship without obligations—a friendship that is stronger than any commitment.
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