Celestial Bodies
A Novel
New York : Catapult, 2019.
Format: Book
Description: xi, 243 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm
"In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--Publisher marketing.
ISBN:
9781948226943
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Ḥārithī | Main (Downtown) | Fiction | In |
First published in Oman in 2010.