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Celestial bodies : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Arabic Publisher: New York : Catapult, 2019Description: xi, 243 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1948226944
  • 9781948226943
Uniform titles:
  • Sayyidāt al-qamar. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PJ7928 .R58 H38 2019
Summary: "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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PJ7928 .R58 H38 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001532984

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.

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