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Author Boulanger-Mashberg, Anica

Title Hisham Matar's In the Country of Men : Insight Text Guide
Published Sydney : Insight Publications, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (80 pages)
Contents CHARACTER MAP; OVERVIEW; About the author; Synopsis; Character summaries; BACKGROUND & CONTEXT; Libya; Religion; A small story in a big context; GENRE, STRUCTURE & LANGUAGE; Genre; Structure; Language; CHAPTER-BY- CHAPTER ANALYSIS; Chapter 1 (p. 1-9); Chapter 2 (p. 10-21); Chapter 3 (p. 22-41); Chapter 4 (p. 42-51); Chapter 5 (p. 52-60); Chapter 6 (p. 61-9); Chapter 7 (p. 70-83); Chapter 8 (p. 84-100); Chapter 9 (p. 101-10); Chapter 10 (p. 111-19); Chapter 11 (p. 120-33); Chapter 12 (p. 134-41); Chapter 13 (p. 142-9); Chapter 14 (p. 150-6); Chapter 15 (p. 157-64)
Chapter 16 (p. 165-75)Chapter 17 (p. 176-88); Chapter 18 (p. 189-97); Chapter 19 (p. 198-203); Chapter 20 (p. 204-12); Chapter 21 (p. 213-19); Chapter 22 (p. 220-3); Chapter 23 (p. 224-32); Chapter 24 (p. 233-43); Chapter 25 (p. 244-5); CHARACTERS & RELATIONSHIPS; Suleiman; Najwa (Mama); Faraj (Baba); Moosa; Kareem; Ustath Rashid; Bahloul; Sharief; THEMES, IDEAS & VALUES; Innocence; Loyalty and betrayal; Heroism; Morality and religion; Parents and children; DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS; The critics' viewpoints; Two possible interpretations; QUESTIONS & ANSWERS; Essay writing -- an overview
Essay topicsAnalysing a sample topic; SAMPLE ANSWER; REFERENCES & READING; GLOSSARY
Summary The unique selling point applying to all Insight Text Guides is the fact that Insight is the only publisher in Australia that takes the time and has the in-house expertise to source the most authoritative and best qualified writers for each text whether it be a novel, play, non-fiction, film or poetry. In the Country of Men is the debut novel from Libyan author Hisham Matar. The book follows the plight of Suleiman, a nine-year-old boy living in Tripoli in Libya, stuck between a father whose clandestine anti-Gaddafi activities bring about searches, stalkings and telephone eavesdroppings by Gadd
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781922150998
1922150991