The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

In a masterly act of literary transformation, celebrated novelist Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic life and times...
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Author: Hanan Al-Shaykh
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The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story by Al-Shaykh, Hanan

The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

$15.04

The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

$15.04
Author: Hanan Al-Shaykh
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In a masterly act of literary transformation, celebrated novelist Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic life and times of her mother, Kamila.

Married at a young age against her will, Kamila soon fell head-over-heels in love with another man--and was thus forced to choose between her children and her lover. As the narrative unfolds through the years--from the bazaars, cinemas and apartments of 1930s Beirut to its war-torn streets decades later--we follow this passionate woman as she survives the tragedies and celebrates the triumphs of a life lived to the very fullest.

Author: Hanan Al-Shaykh
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 04/06/2010
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780307472311

About the Author
Hanan al-Shaykh is one of the contemporary Arab world's most acclaimed writers. She was born in Lebanon and brought up in Beirut, before going to Cairo to receive her education. She was a successful journalist in Beirut, then later lived in the Arabian Gulf, before moving to London. A novelist and a playwright, al-Shaykh is the author of the collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops, and the novels The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, and, most recently, Only in London, which was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She lives in London.


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