Celestial Bodies
Author(s): Jokha Alharthi
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Sandstone Press Limited
- : UNKNOWN
- : 0.25
- : 28 February 2017
- : 2.54 Centimeters X 13.34 Centimeters X 19.68 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jokha Alharthi
- : Paperback
- : 320