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Celestial Bodies
Paperback
by Alharthi, Jokha
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster India (2019), Edition: 1, 256 pages
- Language : English
- Paperback : 2019
- ISBN-10 : ?9386797569
- ISBN-13 : 9789386797568
- Weight : 0.181436948152151
- Dimensions : 4.7×25.4×20.3 cm
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (2019)
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3.4 rating based on 17,295 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 9386797569
ISBN-13: 9789386797568
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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 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, Celestial Bodies marks the arrival of a major international writer.
3.4 rating based on 17,295 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 9386797569
ISBN-13: 9789386797568
Goodreads: 46021157
Author(s):
Published: //
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 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, Celestial Bodies marks the arrival of a major international writer.
