Locust Girl: a lovesong by Merlinda Bobis ebook (PDF)

Most everything has dried up: water, the womb, even the love among lovers. Hunger is rife, except across the border. One night, a village is bombed after its men attempt 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. This political fable is a girl’s magical journey through the border. The border has cut the human heart. Can she 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

Awards

Winner, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2016

Winner, Philippine National Book Award for Best Novel in English

Shortlisted, ACT Book of the Year Award, 2016