02684cam a2200577 i 4500 16455 16455 21034680 OSt 20200727164046.0 190625t20192018nyua b 000 f eng d 2019944448 9789386797568 (paperback) (OCoLC)on1104862738 YDX eng YDX rda IG$ OCLCF NYP LMJ OCLCO UAP TCH ITD OCLCQ TCJ TXSCH PSC DLC eng ara lccopycat a-mk--- PJ7928.R58 S2813 2019 892.737 ALH 23 Ḥārithī, Jūkhah, author. Sayyidāt al-qamar. English Celestial bodies : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. New York : Catapult, 2019. ©2018 xi, 243 pages : illustration ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier First published in Oman in 2010. Includes a bibliographical reference (page xi). "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"-- Provided by publisher. Translated from Arabic. Winner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize. Sisters Oman Fiction. FICTION / Literary. bisacsh FICTION / Family Life / General. bisacsh FICTION / Women. bisacsh Manners and customs. fast (OCoLC)fst01007815 Sisters. fast (OCoLC)fst01119758 Sisters Fiction. sears Oman Social life and customs Fiction. Oman. fast (OCoLC)fst01212768 Oman Fiction. sears Fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01423787 Historical fiction. lcgft Domestic fiction. lcgft Booth, Marilyn, translator. 7 cbc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc STL 0 0 ddc 0 0 Stack II 130/3 AIISH AIISH 2020-07-27 0 892.737 ALH 22395 2020-07-27 00:00:00 2020-07-27 STL