Celestial Bodies
Author(s): Jokha Alharthi
Winner - Man Booker International 2019! 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. Elegantly structured and taut, Celestial Bodies is a coiled spring of a novel, telling of Oman’s coming-of-age through the prism of one family’s losses and loves. Translated by Marilyn Booth
Product Information
Winner - Man Booker International 2019
General Fields
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- : Allen & Unwin
- : Allen & Unwin
- : 340.0
- : 01 September 2019
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- : 01 September 2019
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jokha Alharthi
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : very good
- : 256
- : FA
- : Professor Marilyn Booth