The Locust and the Bird
My Mother's Story
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Book information
Anchor Books
USA
2010
1
Paperback
302
Standard
315387
978-0-307-47231-1
0-307-47231-0
Muslim women; Lebanon; Biography.
Annotation
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.
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