The Resource The occasional virgin : a novel, Hanan al-Shaykh ; translated by Catherine Cobham
The occasional virgin : a novel, Hanan al-Shaykh ; translated by Catherine Cobham
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- eng
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Note
- 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
- Label
- The occasional virgin : a novel
- Title
- The occasional virgin
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Hanan al-Shaykh ; translated by Catherine Cobham
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- QRML
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shaykh, Ḥanān
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Cobham, Catherine
- Shaykh, Ḥanān
- Shaykh, Ḥanān
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- Female friendship
- Dating (Social customs)
- Man-woman relationships
- Riviera (Italy)
- Lebanon
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The occasional virgin : a novel, Hanan al-Shaykh ; translated by Catherine Cobham
- Note
- 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)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063413162
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408895696
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042193132
- Label
- The occasional virgin : a novel, Hanan al-Shaykh ; translated by Catherine Cobham
- Note
- 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)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000063413162
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408895696
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042193132
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