BOOKS FROM LIBYAHomeless Rats
by Ahmed Fagih
Tags:
Set in Libya
Male author
Description:
Homeless Rats is a battle between man and beast: a group of people from the Southern desert oasis of Mizda, fleeing the three year drought which has blighted their hometown, sets up camp in a new area where they hope to find work harvesting barley. To their dismay, when they arrive they find the crops decimated - jerboas have already harvested the barley and hidden it away in their burrows