Alharthi, Jokha <br/><br/>
Celestial bodies :  a novel 
/ Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. 
 - New York  : Catapult  , c2010, 2019 
 - xi, 243 pages  : illustration  ; 21 cm 
<br/><br/> First published in Oman in 2010. 
<br/><br/>Includes a bibliographical reference (page xi). 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from Arabic. <br/>English 
<br/><br/> Winner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781948226943 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sisters---Fiction<br/>Literary ----Fiction<br/>Family life----Fiction<br/>Women----Fiction<br/>Manners and customs---Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Oman---Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction<br/>Domestic fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PJ7928.R58  / S2813 2019 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC ALH