Ḥārithī, Jūkhah, <br/><br/>
Celestial bodies :  a novel / 
Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. 
 - 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/><br/> Winner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789386797568 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019944448 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sisters--Oman--Fiction.<br/>FICTION / Literary.<br/>FICTION / Family Life / General.<br/>FICTION / Women.<br/>Manners and customs.<br/>Sisters.<br/>Sisters--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Oman--Social life and customs--Fiction.<br/>Oman.<br/>Oman--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Domestic fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PJ7928.R58  / S2813 2019 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>892.737 ALH