| Description |
xi, 243 pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
Celestial Bodies is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla who rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families witness Oman evolve from a traditional, slave-owning society slowly redefining itself after the colonial era, to the crossroads of its complex present. Elegantly structured and taut, Celestial Bodies is a coiled spring of a novel, telling of Oman's coming-of-age through the prism of one family's losses and loves. |
| Notes |
Translation of "Sayyidat al-qamar" (literal translation: 'Ladies of the Moon'). |
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Translated from the Arabic |
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2019 Man Booker International Winner |
| Subject |
Sisters -- Fiction
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Families -- Oman -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
Oman -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Reading nook.
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| Author |
Booth, Marilyn, translator
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| ISBN |
9781912240166 paperback |
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