Home: Home, Family and Memories of the Lost Middle East
About This Novel
In this book, the author writes about his family history: Shadid is a family that cannot settle down and make a living. Starting from Shadid's grandmother's generation, they began to leave their hometown and go to the other side of the ocean. When they think of "home", "home" in the sense of roots or place, they always think of the house in Magayon, Lebanon, which represents an identity that never fades. Renovating an old house is not only a physical repair and reconstruction, but also a process of rebuilding a broken self while looking back on family history and even a century of Middle Eastern history. The narrative of these two years connects Shadid's personal experiences and memories, the history of the entire family's diaspora migration from Lebanon to the United States, and the century-old loss and fate of the Middle East. He integrates his deep understanding of the people and history of the Middle East accumulated over his career into the narrative. The characters are vivid and flesh-and-blood, while history becomes an endless trickle, leaving its mark on the individual body. This book starts from the family and extends to the history and culture of the entire Middle East, showing the historical development and political and cultural conflicts in the past century, and thinking with readers about the roots behind the war and suffering in the Middle East.
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