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Century of Locusts
What first appears as a tiny moving shadow, no bigger than a fly, on the dazzling horizon slowly reveals itself as the grim shape of violence and death; in the destruction left behind—the mother’s broken body, the hidden child, the crying infant—begins the story of wandering and loss, of exile and desolation that sounds all the sad echoes of disappearing Bedouin life. Set ...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
May 1st 2006
by UNP - Bison Books
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This book is amazing! I recommend it a lot. It’s the story of a man of the desert who looks for her lost daughter in Africa, against heat, thieves, a burning sun, sand storms and fierce locusts that destroy it all
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Malika Mokeddem spent her childhood in a ksar, a traditional village. She now lives in Montpellier, France, where she divides her time between practicing medicine and writing.
Her works (published in French, and also available translated into English) include The Forbidden Woman and Of Dreams and Assassins.
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Her works (published in French, and also available translated into English) include The Forbidden Woman and Of Dreams and Assassins.
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