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_aHÌ£aÌrithiÌ, JuÌkhah, _eauthor. _919037 |
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_aCelestial bodies : _ba novel / _cJokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. |
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_aNew York : _bCatapult, _c2019. |
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| 264 | 4 | _c©2018 | |
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_axi, 243 pages : _billustration ; _c21 cm |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aFirst published in Oman in 2010. | ||
| 501 | _aP.B | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes a bibliographical reference (page xi). | ||
| 520 | _a"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"-- | ||
| 546 | _aTranslated from Arabic. | ||
| 586 | _aWinner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize. | ||
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_aSisters _aSisters _zOman _2bisacsh _vFiction. _vFiction. _2sears _919038 |
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_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft |
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_aFiction. _2fast |
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_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft |
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_aBooth, Marilyn, _etranslator. _919039 |
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