Celestial Bodies
✍ Scribed by Jokha Alharthi; جوخة الحارثي; Marilyn Booth
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 243
- Edition
- Paperback
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019
In the village of al-Awafi in Oman live three sisters. Mayya marries after a heartbreak. Asma marries from a sense of duty. Khawla rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved, who has emigrated to Canada. Elegantly structured, Celestial Bodies is the story of the history and people of modern Oman told through one family’s losses and loves.
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