LEADER 00000nam a2200313Ka 4500 006 m d 007 cr cn--------- 008 211211s2022 nyu s 000 1 eng d 020 9781646220045 (electronic bk) 037 39CA184A-B35A-461E-9F6F-7E9BFB031779|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TEFOD|cTEFOD 099 eBook OverDrive/Libby 100 1 Alharthi, Jokha. 245 10 Bitter orange tree|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] |cJokha Alharthi. 260 |c2022. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 520 An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain and reflects on the relationships that have made her from a “remarkable” writer who has “constructed her own novelistic form” (James Wood, The New Yorker ). From Man Booker International Prize–winning author Jokha Alharthi, Bitter Orange Tree is a profound exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency. It presents a mosaic portrait of one young woman’s attempt to understand the roots she has grown from, and to envisage an adulthood in which her own power and happiness might find the freedom necessary to bear fruit and flourish. Zuhour, an Omani student at a British university, is caught between the past and the present. As she attempts to form friendships and assimilate in Britain, she can’t help but ruminate on the relationships that have been central to her life. Most prominent is her strong emotional bond with Bint Amir, a woman she always thought of as her grandmother, who passed away just after Zuhour left the Arabian Peninsula. As the historical narrative of Bint Amir’s challenged circumstances unfurls in captivating fragments, so too does Zuhour’s isolated and unfulfilled present, one narrative segueing into another as time slips and dreams mingle with memories. 533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York :|cCatapult,|d2022. |nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 5 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB). 650 7 Literature.|2OverDrive 650 17 Fiction.|2OverDrive 655 7 Electronic books.|2local 776 1 |cOriginal|z9781646220038 856 40 |uhttps://naperville.overdrive.com/media/6493322 |zAvailable on OverDrive/Libby 856 42 |3Image|uhttps://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/ %7B39CA184A-B35A-461E-9F6F-7E9BFB031779%7DImg100.jpg |zLarge cover image 856 42 |3Thumbnail|uhttps://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/ %7B39CA184A-B35A-461E-9F6F-7E9BFB031779%7DImg200.jpg |zThumbnail cover image