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When Anthony Shadid-one of four New York Times reporters captured in Libya as the region erupted-was freed, he proceeded to go home, not to Boston, Beirut, or Oklahoma, where he was raised by his Lebanese American family, but to a historical property built by his great-grandfather, a location filled with memory of your lost time when the Middle East was a world of sophistication, grandeur, and unpredicted departures. For two years previous, Shadid had performed to reconstruct the home and bring back his soul after both had weathered conflict. Now the writer of the award-winning Nighttime Draws Near tells the story of the house's re-creation, revealing its mysteries and recovering the lives that have handed down through it. Shadid juxtaposes previous and present as he traces the house's renewal together with his family's trip from Lebanon and resettlement in the us. House of Natural stone can be an memorable memoir of the world's most volatile surroundings and the common yearning for home. Anthony Shadid (1968-2012), an unequalled chronicler of the individuals stories behind the news headlines, gained attention and awards, including the Pulitzer Reward, for his front-page records in the Washington Post from Iraq. He was the only American reporter there who spoke Arabic. As the older Midsection East correspondent for the New York Times, he received his second Pulitzer.
