Celestial Bodies Paperback / softback
by Jokha Alharthi
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Sandstone Press Ltd
- Publication Date:21/06/2018
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- ISBN:9781912240166
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Sandstone Press Ltd
- Publication Date:21/06/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781912240166