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Celestial bodies : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth

Author
Ḥārithī, Jūkhah
Uniform Title
Sayyidāt al-qamar. English
Published
New York : Catapult, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2018
Physical Description
xi, 243 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
Additional Creators
Booth, Marilyn

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Language Note
Translated from Arabic.
Summary
"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"--
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ISBN
9781948226943 (paperback)
1948226944 (paperback)
Note
First published in Oman in 2010.
Bibliography Note
Includes a bibliographical reference (page xi).
Awards
Winner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize.
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