| Publisher: | Sandstone Press |
| Genres: | Fiction Books, History Books, Literary Fiction |
| Authors: | Jokha Alharthi |
| Pages: | 243 pages |
| ISBN13: | 9781912240166 |
| Tags: | Fiction Books, History Books, Literary Fiction Books, Northern Africa Books, PDF Books |
| Language: | en |
| Type: | Digital |
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2019
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.
