a novel Ḥārithī, Jūkhah creator author. Booth, Marilyn translator. text bibliography novel Fiction. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. nyu 2019 2018 monographic eng ara

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xi, 243 pages : illustration ; 21 cm "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"-- Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. First published in Oman in 2010. Includes a bibliographical reference (page xi). Translated from Arabic. Winner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize. a-mk--- Sisters Oman Fiction FICTION / Literary FICTION / Family Life / General FICTION / Women Manners and customs Sisters Sisters Fiction Oman Social life and customs Fiction Oman Oman Fiction PJ7928.R58 S2813 2019 892.737 ALH 9789386797568 2019944448 YDX 190625 20200727164046.0 21034680 eng