A Gate at the Top of the Stairs is about loss, cruelty of others and prejudice, dishonesty, and betrayals that combines humor with heartbreak. The Locust and the Bird will send those who aren’t familiar with Hanan Al-Shaykh’s earlier books rushing to the library. Nine Lives, Death and Life in New Orleans may be nonfiction, but the author makes it as affecting as any novelist could.
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