The occasional virgin
Shaykh, Ḥanān2018
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From a major novelist of the Arab world comes a bold, witty and highly contemporary novel about two women looking for love, set in Italy, Lebanon and London. Huda and Yvonne are on holiday in the Italian Riviera, enjoying the sun and the sparkling Mediterranean, which feel like forbidden fruit, denied during their conservative childhoods in Lebanon. Even now in their thirties, with Huda a successful producer and Yvonne running her own advertising agency, the remembered injustices of adolescence -- an innocent game harshly punished, a mother's relentless criticism -- still sting. But a chance encounter with a handsome young man in London brings an unexpected opportunity for them to exorcise the past, with entirely surprising results. Painting a refreshingly truthful picture of modern womanhood, The Occasional Virgin perceptively explores sexuality, Islam and cultural identity -- and the difficulty of finding a man who'll call when he says he will. Frank, funny and fearless, it is the colourful, wickedly entertaining story of two unforgettable characters, and the bizarre lengths we'll go to for love.
Main title:
The occasional virgin / Hanan al-Shaykh ; translated by Catherine Cobham.
Author:
Shaykh, Ḥanān, authorCobham, Catherine, translator
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Circus, 2018.©2018
Collation:
221 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Consists of the English translation of two adapted Arabic works previously published separately under the titles: Imra'atān ʻalā shāṭi' al-baḥr (2003), and, ʻAdhārá Lundunistān (2015).
ISBN:
9781408895696 (paperback)
Dewey class:
892.736
Language:
EnglishArabic
BRN:
338916
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | SHAY | Available |