A review by jiujensu
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book leaves one with a lot to think about. There's sense of waiting and anticipation that was created in the story itself that mirrors the refugees waiting to return. It's pretty amazing. 
The disappearance of the "present absentees" story in the present is told through Alaa and his grandmother's lives in the past. It's a haunting story. And there's an afterward to help contextualize it for those who haven't read much on the Palestinian struggle for justice and self-determination.