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Locust Girl : A Lovesong by Merlinda Bobis (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSpinifex Press

ISBN-101742199623

ISBN-139781742199627

eBay Product ID (ePID)219703832

Product Key Features

Book TitleLocust Girl : a Lovesong

Number of Pages179 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicFantasy / Contemporary, Contemporary Women, Cultural Heritage

GenreFiction

AuthorMerlinda Bobis

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsWinner of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the 2016 NSW Premiers Literary Awards! The judges described the author's lyrical prose as "transfiguring fiction". "There were many fine and stylistically accomplished works among this year's entries, but the distinctiveness, sweep and visual power of this short novel set it apart."

SynopsisMost everything has dried up: water, the womb, even the love among lovers. Hunger is rife and survival desperate, except across the border. One night, a village is bombed for attempting to cross the border. Nine-year old Amedea is buried underground and sleeps to survive. Ten years later, she wakes with a locust embedded in her brow. A magical fable, this is a girl's journey through devastation and humanity's contemporary wound: the border. Deeply ingrained in both the system and individual lives, the border has cut the human heart. So, how do we repair it with the story of a small life? This is the Locust Girl's dream, her lovesong--For those walking to the border for dear life, and those guarding the border for dear life.