The locust and the bird : my mother's story
Shaykh, Han an2010
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Kamila is nine years old when she is taken from the poverty of her childhood village in southern Lebanon to Beirut. 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 at 14. This is her story written by her daughter, Hanan.
Main title:
The locust and the bird : my mother's story / Hanan Al-Shaykh ; translated from the Arabic by Roger Allen.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2010.
Collation:
302 p. : ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: 2009.
ISBN:
9781408800843 (pbk)
Dewey class:
956.9'204'092B/ALS
LC class:
DS87.2.S57
Language:
EnglishArabic
Subject:
BRN:
1093375