num_pages: 181
description: The House of Mathilde takes place in an apartment building in Beirut where Muslim and Christian tenants coexist as society disintegrates around them. The rhythm of the novel is marked by domestic events births, marriages, departures, and deaths but its larger theme is human survival amidst the complexities of war. When violence does intrude, it is all the more shocking in such an intimate setting. Succeeds in eerily illustrating the inhuman aspects of living through a war. Sunday Tribune (London)
language: English
title: The House of Mathilde
titlecomplete: The House of Mathilde
genres: Lebanon
ratings_count: 71
publisher: Granta Books