02103cam a2200421 i 4500 353170409 TxAuBib 20180809120000.0 180104s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017059865 9781524747510 24.95 1524747513 24.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda eng ara Shaykh, Ḥanān. Novels Selections English. The occasional virgin [BOOK] / Hanan al-Shaykh ; translated from the Arabic by Catherine Cobham. First American edition. New York : Pantheon Books, [2018] 221 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Consists of the English translation of two Arabic works previously published separately under the titles: Imra'atn ʻal shi' al-bar (2003), and, ʻAdhrá Lundunistn (2015). "A novel"--Jacket. "On a sunny beach on the Italian Riviera, two thirtysomething women, Yvonne and Huda, relax by the sparkling sea. But despite the setting, as their vacation unfolds, their complicated pasts seep through to the idyllic present. Both women spent their childhoods in Lebanon--Yvonne raised in a Christian family, Huda in a Muslim one--and they now find themselves torn between the traditional worlds they were born into and the successful professional identities they've created". 20180809. In English, translated from the Arabic. Civilization, Modern Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) in women Fiction. Muslims Lebanon Social life and customs Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Christians Lebanon Social life and customs Fiction. Riviera (Italy) Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Psychological fiction. Cobham, Catherine.