Bibliograph

Celestial bodies, a novel, Jokha Alharthi ; [translated by Marilyn Booth]

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Celestial bodies, a novel, Jokha Alharthi ; [translated by Marilyn Booth]

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

Celestial bodies

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Oclc number

1124857646

Responsibility statement

Jokha Alharthi ; [translated by Marilyn Booth]

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, there live 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 beautifully against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present. Through the sisters, glimpse a society in all its degrees, from the very poorest of the local slave families to those making money through the advent of new wealth. The first novel originally written in Arabic to ever win the Man Booker International Prize, and the first book by a female Omani author to be translated into English, here marks the arrival in the United States of a major international writer

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