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| 020 | _a9781948226943 (paperback) | ||
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_aPJ7928.R58 _bS2813 2019 |
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_aFIC ALH _2 |
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| 100 | 1 | _aAlharthi, Jokha | |
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_aSayyidat al-qamar _l. English |
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_aCelestial bodies : _ba novel _c/ Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. |
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_aNew York _b: Catapult _c, c2010, 2019 |
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_axi, 243 pages _b: illustration _c; 21 cm |
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| 500 | _aFirst published in Oman in 2010. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes a bibliographical reference (page xi). | ||
| 520 | _aIn 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. | ||
| 546 | _aTranslated from Arabic. | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish | ||
| 586 | _aWinner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize. | ||
| 650 | 1 | 4 |
_aSisters _x-Fiction |
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_aLiterary -- _vFiction |
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_aFamily life _v--Fiction |
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_aWomen _v--Fiction |
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_aManners and customs _x-Fiction |
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_aOman _x-Fiction |
| 655 | 7 | _aHistorical fiction | |
| 655 | _aDomestic fiction | ||
| 700 | 1 | _aBooth, Marilyn | |
| 942 | _cMO | ||
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