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008 | 190620s2019 nyuj 000 f eng d | ||
010 | _a2019944448 | ||
020 | _a1948226944 | ||
020 | _a9781948226943 | ||
035 | _a(OCoLC)1104862738 | ||
035 | _a(OCoLC)on1104862738 | ||
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_aeng _hara |
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_aPJ7928 .R58 _bH38 2019 |
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100 | 1 | _aḤārithī, Jūkhah, | |
240 | 1 | 0 |
_aSayyidāt al-qamar. _lEnglish. |
245 | 1 | 0 |
_aCelestial bodies : _ba novel / _cJokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. |
264 | 1 |
_aNew York : _bCatapult, _c2019. |
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300 |
_axi, 243 pages : _bgenealogical table ; _c21 cm. |
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336 |
_atext _btxt _2rdacontent. |
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337 |
_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia. |
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338 |
_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier. |
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500 | _aFirst published in Oman in 2010. | ||
520 | _a"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. | ||
546 | _aTranslated from Arabic. | ||
650 | 0 |
_aSisters _zOman _vFiction. |
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651 | 0 |
_aOman _xSocial life and customs _vFiction. |
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655 | 7 |
_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft. _942 |
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655 | 7 |
_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft. _948 |
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700 | 1 | _aBooth, Marilyn, | |
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