A review by saskiacb
The Stone House by Yara Hawari

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

The Stone House is a semi-autobiographical novel based on the life of the author’s father, grandmother and great-grandmother. Told in three parts and in three perspectives, Hawari details the experiences of her father as a young boy on a trip to the West Bank with his school friends; her grandmother as a young woman, who was forced to flee Palestine to Lebanon, soon after the Nakba; and her great grandmother’s resistance against Zionist occupation of her home. Through these three accounts, the reader is given a picture of this family’s experience of Israeli occupation, displacement, and the inherent violence of colonialism.
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