House of Stone

House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East is a 2012 book by Anthony Shadid, a former New York Times journalist.[1]

House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
AuthorAnthony Shadid
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
Published2012
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Media typePrint
Pages283
Preceded byNight Draws Near 

Story
Shadid writes about Mount Hermon (viewed from Mount Bental in the Golan Heights)

House of Stone details Shadid's return to and rebuilding of his family's home in Marjayoun (Arabic: مرجعيون‎: Lebanese pronunciation[ˈmaɾʒ.ʕajuːn]), also known as 'Jdeideh / Jdeida / Jdeidet Marjeyoun, in the administrative district of Marjeyoun District, in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.[1]

It recounts the story of his family, particularly his great-grandfathers Isber Samara and Ayyash Shadid of the Bani Ghassan, originally from Yemen via Jordan and the Hauran ("Houran" in the book). It was this house that Shadid was rebuilding. He interweaves history and physical descriptions of the region, including nearby Mount Hermon and the Litani River.[1]

Publication

The book was published in 2012, shortly after Shadid died while covering the Syrian civil war).

Awards and honors

See also

References
  1. Shadid, Anthony (2012). House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. x-xii (family tree), xiii-xiv (bayt), 35, 74. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. "National Book Award Finalists Announced Today". Library Journal. October 10, 2012. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  3. John Williams (January 14, 2012). "National Book Critics Circle Names 2012 Award Finalists". New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
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