Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi; جوخة الحارثي; Marilyn Booth

★ 4.0 · 224 reads

<b>Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019</b><br /><br />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. Elegantly structured, Celestial Bodies is the story of the history and people of modern Oman told through one family’s losses and loves.

Request Code
ZLIBIO2373987
Published
2018
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Pages
243
Language
English
Format
EPUB
Edition
Paperback
ISBN-13
9781912240166
ISBN-10
1912240165