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Author Alharthi, Jokha, author.

Title Celestial bodies : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.

Publication Info. New York : Catapult, [2019]
©2018
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1979956~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Fiction  F ALHARTHI    DUE 05-31-24
 Nichols Adult Fiction  F ALHARTHI    DUE 04-29-24
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Description xi, 243 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 21 cm
Summary 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. Celestial Bodies is the story of the history and people of modern Oman told through one family's losses and loves.
Awards The Man Booker International Prize, 2019.
Subject Sisters -- Oman -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Mate selection -- Fiction.
Oman -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Genre Domestic fiction.
Added Author Booth, Marilyn, translator.
Added Title Sayyidt al-qamar. English (Booth)
ISBN 9781948226943
1948226944
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