Description
In this richly woven, breathtaking memoir, Hanan al-Shaykh traces the intimate contours of a life shaped by love, loss, and the long shadow of memory. Moving between vivid scenes and reflective passages, the book follows the emotional currents that carry a person from private longing to hard-won self-knowledge, illuminating how family, culture, and history can both shelter and wound. With al-Shaykh’s distinctive lyrical clarity and unflinching honesty, the narrative explores themes of identity, resilience, and the fragile, transformative power of storytelling. Part personal reckoning and part literary journey, it invites readers to listen closely to the silences as well as the voices that make a life—and a self—take shape.
Available Editions
paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published Jan 1, 2010
305 pages
ISBN: 9781408810873
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Details
First Published
2010
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Locust and the Bird by Hanan al-Shaykh.