Celestial bodies / Jokha Alharthi ; translated by Marilyn Booth.
Language: English Original language: Arabic Publisher: Toronto : Anansi International, 2019Description: 243 pISBN:- 9781487007904
- Sayyidat al-qamar. English
- 892.7/37 23
- PR9570.O63 C45 2018
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Translation of: Sayyidat al-qamar.
"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 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, we 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 ever novel originally written in Arabic to win the Man Booker International Prize, and the first book by a female Omani author to be translated into English, Celestial Bodies marks the arrival of a major international writer."--
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