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Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi

2018256 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2018
first published
  • 2018Sandstone PressISBN 9781912240166
  • 2019Catapult · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781948226950
  • 2019Simon & Schuster India · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9789386797575
  • 2024Simon & Schuster, Limited · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781398541405
  • 2019Catapult · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781948226943
  • 2019Tantor AudioISBN 9781618037985

"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"--

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