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020 _a9781948226943
035 _a(OCoLC)1104862738
035 _a(OCoLC)on1104862738
040 _aYDX
_beng
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041 1 _aeng
_hara
043 _aa-mk---
050 4 _aPJ7928 .R58
_bH38 2019
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.
300 _axi, 243 pages :
_bgenealogical table ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
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.
651 0 _aOman
_xSocial life and customs
_vFiction.
655 7 _aDomestic fiction.
_2lcgft.
_942
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
_2lcgft.
_948
700 1 _aBooth, Marilyn,
999 _c523800
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