Hanan al-Shaykh

The Occasional Virgin

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Huda and Yvonne are on holiday in the Italian Riviera, enjoying the sun and the sparkling Mediterranean, reminiscent of their childhoods in Lebanon. Yvonne doesn't know what she's doing wrong, either there or back in London where she runs an ad agency – she seems to spend her time waiting for the right man to come along and not leave again just as quickly. Her friend Huda has no problems in this department, only she isn't really interested in her effect on men – till Hisham comes along. But it isn't love spurring Huda on, it's her desire to teach him a lesson. Because while you can't escape your past, you can perhaps avenge it.

Frank, funny and fearless, The Occasional Virgin is the colourful, wickedly entertaining story of two unforgettable women and the lengths we'll go to for love.

Über die Autorin / über den Autor:

Hanan Al-Shaykh is one of the Arab world's most acclaimed writers. She is the author of the short story collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops and her novels include The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, Only in London, which was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and The Locust and the Bird, a memoir of her mother's life. Most recently she published One Thousand and One Nights, her acclaimed reimagining of Arabic folktales. Her work has been translated into 28 languages. She lives in London.

Preis: CHF 22.90
Sprache: Englisch (aus dem Arabischen von Catherine Cobham)
Art: Taschenbuch
Erschienen: 2018 (2003 und 2015)
Verlag: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 978-1-4088-9569-6
Masse: 221 S.

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