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Zusatztext 'This is a book that wears its heart firmly on its sleeve! offering an insight into an unfamiliar culture and a cinematic love story' Informationen zum Autor Hanan al-Shaykh is one of the Arab world's most acclaimed contemporary writers. She was born and raised in Beirut, before going to Cairo to receive her education. She was a successful journalist in Beirut, then later lived in Saudi Arabia, before moving to London. She is the author of the collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops and her novels include The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues and Only in London, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Most recently she published the acclaimed memoir of her mother's life, The Locust and the Bird. Hanan al-Shaykh lives in London. Klappentext The richly woven and breathtaking memoir! focussing on the extraordinary of the author's mother. Beautifully evoking the fabric of life in Lebanon! The Locust and Bird is a remarkable and intensely moving memoir! and an astonishing insight into the lives of Arab women. Vorwort A richly woven and breathtaking memoir: a Radio 4 Book of the Week Zusammenfassung "Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story".
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Hanan al-Shaykh is one of the Arab world's most acclaimed contemporary writers. She was born and raised in Beirut, before going to Cairo to receive her education. She was a successful journalist in Beirut, then later lived in Saudi Arabia, before moving to London. She is the author of the collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops and her novels include The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues and Only in London, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Most recently she published the acclaimed memoir of her mother's life, The Locust and the Bird. Hanan al-Shaykh lives in London.
