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Ḥārithī, Jūkhah.
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Families -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Villages -- Fiction.
Oman -- Fiction.
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Ḥārithī, Jūkhah.
Families -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Villages -- Fiction.
Oman -- Fiction.
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Celestial
bodies
/ Jokha Alharthi ; translated by Marilyn Booth.
by
Ḥārithī, Jūkhah.
Sandstone Press Ltd, c2018.
Call #:
FICTION ALH
Subjects
Families -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Villages -- Fiction.
Oman -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781487007904 (Anansi trade pbk.)
9781912240166 (trade pbk.)
Uniform title:
Sayyidat al-qamar. English.
Description:
243 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Original title "Sayyidat al-qamar".
Translated from the Arabic.
Summary:
"
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."--Provided by publisher.
Awards:
Man Booker International Prize, 2019.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Literary fiction.
Arabic fiction -- Translations into English.
Other authors:
Booth, Marilyn.
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1
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