The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story by Hanan Al-Shaykh

The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

Hanan Al-Shaykh with Roger Allen, حنان الشيخ

302 pages paperback 2004

11 editions

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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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...

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