Commentaries:

‘Bobis extracts splendour from burning dread and loss’

-The Independence weekly

“… a futuristic nightmare of an environmental and human apocalypse … a mythical dream of

rebirth through a girl’s suffering and love. Bobis prose comes from the heart, blessing the world

it sings into being. This is a novel that is both enchanting and urgent.”

-Maria Takolander, poet and fiction writer

‘Don’t be lulled by the lusciousness or lured by the love but make sure that you are warned by

the politics. Typically inscrutable, relentlessly seductive, Bobis uses a different quill … and

Australia can use the sweep of a different wing.’

-Bruce Pascoe, novelist

‘So often a work of fiction can tell the truth better than recital of facts can ever do. In the talented

hands of Merlinda Bobis some of the world’s most pressing issues are brought to the surface.

Readers of Locust Girl will be stimulated to think and act differently, while enjoying a rich and

beautifully constructed narrative that transcends culture and speaks to the heart.’

-Tim Costello, CEO World Vision Australia

Bobis, with her creative and imaginative thinking skills can bring us in the world of hopes,

dreams, and love despite of the struggles, sufferings, shattered mind and broken heart. This

allegorical novel is a slap on many faces and a tap on many minds. The Locust Girl, a story that

will water those dried love among lovers, a story that will fill empty stomach, a story that will

water thirsty mouth, a story that will mend broken hearts.

-Jason A. Sebastian