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“As exquisitely structured as The Return, driven by desire, yearning, loss, illuminated by the
kindness of strangers . . . A Month in Siena is a triumph.―—Peter Carey “Exact and
graceful . . . A Month in Siena gives us [Hisham] Matar turning his intense gaze on another
landscape entirely. . . . It is arguing for the power of art to answer a longing to be
‘recognized,†while bringing about the rediscovery of ‘our own powers of
remembrance,†a pastime that demands the closest possible attention.―—The New York
Times Book Review “Matar is a master of pellucid statement that seems simple yet is exactly
right. . . . He is equally eloquent about the paintings he loves. . . . This is an exquisite, deeply
affecting book, one in which an experience of dislocation and loss is conveyed in prose that flows
so clearly and gracefully it finds continuities and connections all the time.―—Evening Standard
“A sweet, short mediation on art, grief, and life . . . A Month in Siena is a brilliant miniature,
a fugue but also a release. Its intellectual and emotional depth is never forced, never exclusive.Â
Concerning grief as much as art, it is a considered attempt to explain both, while allowing that
nothing can be contained fully within a single book, painting, city, or life.―—The Arts Desk
“Through meditations on mortality, loss, government, cruelty, the Black Death, the inclusive
camaraderie of the Palio and Sienaâ€s marketplace, Matar shares moments of refreshing
solitude.―—BBC “[A Month in Siena] tells us much about the extraordinary power of art to
inspire. . . . But this book is about so much more than the medieval art of Siena.―—Literary
Review “An exquisite reflection on the intersection of life and art.―—RTÉ “A quiet
meditation on art and life . . . [a] thoughtful, sensitive extended essay about [Matarâ€s] visit to
Siena, where he ruminates and reflects on paintings, faith, love, and his wife, Diana . . . a
beautifully written, pensive, and restorative memoir.―—Kirkus Reviews Hisham Matar is the
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the memoir The Return, which also received the PEN/Jean
Stein Award and other international prizes, and was selected as one of The New York Timesâ€s
Ten Best Books of the Year. His debut novel, In the Country of Men, was shortlisted for the Man
Booker Prize and won several awards, including the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize
and a Commonwealth First Book Award. His second novel, Anatomy of a Disappearance, was
selected as one of the best books of the year by several publications, including the Chicago
Tribune and The Guardian. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2013.
Born in New York City to Libyan parents, he spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo and now
divides his time between London and New York, where he teaches literature at Barnard College,

Columbia University.