The Occasional Virgin [Paperback] [Jun 14, 2018] Hanan Al-Shaykh - Softcover

Hanan Al-Shaykh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408895692 ISBN 13: 9781408895696

Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus, 2018

Synopsis

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About the Author:

Hanan Al-Shaykh is one of the Arab world's most acclaimed writers. She was born in Lebanon and brought up in Beirut, before going to Cairo to receive her education. She was a successful journalist in Beirut, then later lived in the Arabian Gulf, before moving to London. 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, 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. She has also written two plays, Dark Afternoon and Paper Husband. Her work has been translated into 28 languages. Hanan Al-Shaykh lives in London. Catherine Cobham is a lecturer in Arabic and head of the department of Arabic and Persian at the University of St Andrews. She has translated a number of contemporary authors from Arabic, including Naguib Mahfouz, Mahmoud Darwish, Hanan al-Shaykh, Fuad al-Takarli and Ghayath Almadhoun.

Review:

Brilliant ... A modern Jane Austen comedy, wise, witty and unexpectedly profound -- Alberto Manguel Magical ... Bursting with jinnis and mischief * Donna Tartt, The Times Book of the Year on One Thousand and One Nights * A wondrously warm, ribald and hilarious concoction * Hanif Kureishi, Guardian Books of the Year on One Thousand and One Nights * Al-Shaykh brings her tales to life with a wonderful earthy immediacy, informal and intimate * New York Times on One Thousand and One Nights * What a woman!!! What a storyteller!!! -- Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis One of the finest writers of her generation * Financial Times * Al-Shaykh is an important Arab vioce which must be heard now * The Times * A fearless, pioneering writer * Independent * One of the most courageous writers of the Arab world. Her novels ... have drastically changed how women in the Middle East are perceived -- Rabih Alameddine Magically brings to life a usually ignored slice of the capital with a sharply drawn cast of characters. A fresh, amusing and surprising take on London, and on life * The Times on Only in London * An exquisite, drying romantic story about expatriate Arab women, brilliantly assured in its understanding of the permeability of cultures * Observer Books of the Year on Only in London *

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1408895692
• ISBN 13: 9781408895696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234