by Barbara Wood · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499086347
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«Las vírgenes del paraíso» is the novel by Barbara Wood, published by Debolsillo in paperback (552 pages, in Spanish).
Jasmine, a doctor who has adopted Western values, returns to Cairo and reunites with her grandmother Amira on the Street of the Virgins of Paradise. The reunion awakens memories of her childhood, her failed marriage, and the fate of the women in her family, while the novel portrays the recent history of Egypt and the condition of women in the Muslim world.
The novel belongs to the Campañas collection from Debolsillo. The English original was first published in 1989.
Recommended for readers of contemporary and historical fiction interested in Egypt and stories about identity and female emancipation.
Barbara Wood is a writer of historical romance novels. She and her family moved to California, where she grew up. In 2002, she received the Corine Literature Prize.
