Sworn virgin
By: Elvira Dones ; translated by Clarissa Botsford ; foreword by Ismail Kadare
Contributors: Botsford, Clarissa, translator
Publisher: And Other Stories
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781908276346
Subjects: Gender identity; Albanians; Sex role; Identity (Psychology); Fiction
Work titles: Vergine giurata
Description: Several years after choosing to identify as male to become a sworn virgin according to Albanian tradition, Mark accepts an invitation to join his cousin in Washington, D.C., allowing him to escape his vow and revert back to life as Hana.
Notes: Translation from the Italian of: Vergine giurata.