Celestial bodies = Sayyidat al-qamar
Ḥārithī, Jūkhah2019
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'Celestial Bodies' is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla who rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families witness Oman evolve from a traditional, slave-owning society slowly redefining itself after the colonial era, to the crossroads of its complex present.
Celestial bodies = Sayyidat al-qamar / by Jokha Alharthi ; translated by Marilyn Booth.
Ḥārithī, JūkhahBooth, Marilyn, translator
Large print edition.
Rearsby, Leicester : WF Howes Ltd, 2019.©2018.
296 pages (large print) : 1 genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Translation from the Arabic.
Winner of the 2019 International Man Booker Prize.
9781528878517 (paperback)
English
377015
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