Celestial Bodies: Winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize by Jokha Alharthi

Celestial Bodies: Winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize

Jokha Alharthi with Marilyn Booth (Translator)

256 pages first pub 2010 (view editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019Celestial Bodies is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla who r...

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