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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 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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• Full title: The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story
• Author: Hanan Al-Shaykh, Roger Allen
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302
• EAN: 9780307472311
• ISBN: 0307472310
• ID: 11364472
• Publisher: ANCHOR
• Weight: 340 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 132 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: April 2010

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