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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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Hanan al-Shaykh is one of the contemporary Arab

world’s most acclaimed writers. She was born in Lebanon and brought

up in Beirut, before going to Cairo to receive her education. She

was a successful journalist in Beirut, then later lived in the

Arabian Gulf, before moving to London. A novelist and a playwright,

al-Shaykh is the author of the collection I Sweep the Sun off

Rooftops, and the novels The Story of Zahra, Women of

Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, and, most recently,

Only in London, which was shortlisted for the

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She lives in London.

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While I was reading Hanan Al Shaykh’s new book, The Locust

and the Bird, my regret as an author was not to have known

Kamila, Hanan’s mother, the extravagant narrator of this book. What

a woman! What a storyteller! She reminds me of my beloved

grandmother (who is in many of my books), and many other women of

her generation that I knew, who were manipulative in order to

survive, who lied in order to establish the truth, and, most of

all, so full of life and passion. When I finished the book I had

one major thought: this book needs to be made into a movie, but

this is the kind of story one needs to be a real Lebanese in order

to turn it into a movie. That was my other regret as a movie maker.

But most of all I felt extremely lucky to spend time with someone

so intelligent, full of humor and love. --Marjane

Satrapi

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“A tale of female independence. . . . Deeply reflective and

moving.”

—

San Francisco Chronicle

“

The Locust and the Bird

conquers the distance between

mother and daughter, revealing the tragedies that can ensue when

cultural machismo forces brave women into impossible

choices.”

—Jayne Anne Phillips,

More

“A vital [work] about the lives of Arabic families. . . . [It] has

a warmth that crosses cultures and feels like a pure, shining blast

of sun. . . . Al-Shaykh’s fictionalized account of her mother’s

life burns with truth. . . . Forgiveness—not anger—saturates this

book like a perfume; every character is desperately, vulnerably

human. Al-Shaykh’s triumph is that she retrieves her mother’s

wisdom—a wondrous lesson for grown daughters everywhere.”

—

Los Angeles Times

“[A] poignant family history. . . . Through telling her mother’s

story, [Al-Shaykh] learns to appreciate the sacrifices demanded of

so many Arab women in their bid for freedom.”

—

The New Yorker

“It is an extraordinarily brave act for a writer to undertake to

inhabit, fully and sympathetically, the life her mother

lived.”

—J.M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize-winning author of

Disgrace

“What a Woman!!! What a storyteller!!! . . . I felt extremely lucky

to spend time with someone so intelligent, full of humor and

love.”

—Marjane Satrapi, author of

Persepolis

“A richly tragic and rivetingly original tale. . . . Al-Shaykh's

suspenseful, intimate biography throbs with the sense of wonder an

Old World survivor experiences when colliding with the new. This

voluptuous, deft dissection of a love that transcends borders,

class and generations is a delight.”

—

Newark Star-Ledger

“Courageously addresses both the themes of geographical separation

and the jagged motifs of mother-daughter conflict. . . . I have

never read a memoir which so clearly demonstrates art’s power to

help us survive.”

—

The Independent

(London)

“Al-Shaykh is one of the most courageous writers of the Arab world.

The story of her irrepressible mother, might help explain the

origins of Hanan Al-Shaykh’s singular ability to trailblaze.”

—Rabih Alameddine, author of

The Hakawati

“Extraordinary. . . . Hanan adeptly and generously captures the

thoughts and concerns of a young woman growing up, the hard way, in

Lebanon half a century ago.”

—

Time Out

(London)

“Frank and uncompromising. . . . Kamila’s trials are the trials of

all women who have sought to be free; her choices some of the

toughest yet made in the name of independence.”

—

The Times

(London)

“A riveting, deeply compelling character study that combines real

dramatic tension with historical and political relevance. Charming,

egotistical, funny, vain, spell-binding, al-Shaykh’s mother defies

religion, family, and tradition to create a life on her own terms.

A fabulously addictive read.”

—Diana Abu-Jaber, author of

Crescent

“A powerful book on the dangers of romantic love in mid-20th

century Arab society.”

—

The Guardian

(London)

“Astonishing. . . . Spectacular. . . . [

The Locust and the

Bird

] is Hanan al-Shaykh’s masterpiece. Kamila is Hanan’s most

extraordinary character.”

—Charles R. Larson,

The Jakarta Post

“An adventure tale, a confession, a tragic romance. . . . The book

is that rarity—a memoir told in the round but through one set of

eyes, so that we understand, increasingly, everyone’s motives,

their saving graces, while ever more deeply seeing the flawed yet

magical world through the sensibility of its subject.”

—

The Scotsman