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.
Main title:
Celestial bodies = Sayyidat al-qamar / Jokha Alharthi ; translated by Marilyn Booth.
Author:
Ḥārithī, Jūkhah, authorBooth, Marilyn, translator
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Rearsby, Leicester : WF Howes Ltd, 2019.©2018.
Collation:
296 pages (large print) : 1 genealogical table ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Translation from the Arabic.
Awards:
Winner of the 2019 International Man Booker Prize.
ISBN:
9781528878517 (pbk)
Language:
Arabic
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BRN:
93043