The Locust and the Bird Now on Sale
August 25th, 2009
The Los Angeles Times calls Hanan al-Shaykh’s The Locust and the Bird a novel with “a warmth that crosses cultures and feels like a pure, shining blast of sun.”
Now on sale from Pantheon Books, The Locust and the Bird provides readers with an extraordinary work of nonfiction: an account of the author’s mother’s remarkable life, at the core of which is a tale of undying love.