Celestial bodies : a novel /
HÌ£aÌrithiÌ, JuÌkhah,
Celestial bodies : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. - xi, 243 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
First published in Oman in 2010.
P.B
Includes a bibliographical reference (page xi).
"In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--
Translated from Arabic.
Winner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize.
9781912240166
2019944448
Sisters
Sisters--Oman--Fiction.--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PJ7928.R58 / S2813 2019
892.7/37
Celestial bodies : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. - xi, 243 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
First published in Oman in 2010.
P.B
Includes a bibliographical reference (page xi).
"In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--
Translated from Arabic.
Winner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize.
9781912240166
2019944448
Sisters
Sisters--Oman--Fiction.--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PJ7928.R58 / S2813 2019
892.7/37