Celestial bodies : a novel /
Ḥārithī, Jūkhah,
Celestial bodies : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. - xi, 243 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.
First published in Oman in 2010.
"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 ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--Publisher marketing.
Translated from Arabic.
1948226944 9781948226943
2019944448
Sisters--Oman--Fiction.
Oman--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
PJ7928 .R58 / H38 2019
Celestial bodies : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. - xi, 243 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.
First published in Oman in 2010.
"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 ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--Publisher marketing.
Translated from Arabic.
1948226944 9781948226943
2019944448
Sisters--Oman--Fiction.
Oman--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
PJ7928 .R58 / H38 2019