The Locust and the Bird

The Locust and the Bird
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 9781408810873
ISBN-13 : 1408810875
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Book Synopsis The Locust and the Bird by : Hanan Al-Shaykh

Download or read book The Locust and the Bird written by Hanan Al-Shaykh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly woven and breathtaking memoir from the perspective of the author's own mother: a Radio 4 Book of the Week 'It is an extraordinarily brave act for a writer to undertake to inhabit, fully and sympathetically, the life her mother lived before she was born, particularly when her mother was no jewel of wifely virtue' J.M. Coetzee 'This is a book that wears its heart firmly on its sleeve, offering an insight into an unfamiliar culture and a cinematic love story' The Times Kamila is nine years old when she is taken from the poverty of her childhood village in southern Lebanon to Beirut. She has never learned to read or write, though she longs to go to school. Stories, poetry and film are her passion - and a beautiful boy called Muhammad. They fall in love before Kamila is forced into an arranged marriage, despite her tears and screams. She is only fourteen years old. On her wedding night her first daughter is conceived; four years later, Hanan is born. Kamila and Muhammad continue to see each other in secret, risking their lives. It is eight years before Kamila can bring herself to divorce her husband, as to do so means leaving her daughters behind. Beautifully evoking the dusty streets of Beirut and life in Lebanon, this is a heartbreaking memoir of an extraordinary woman.


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