Celestial bodies [compact disc] : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; [translated by Marilyn Booth].

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    • Publication Information:
      Unabridged.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, there live three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who refuses all offers and awaits 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. Through the sisters, glimpse a society in all its degrees, from the very poorest of the local slave families to those making money through the advent of new wealth. The first novel originally written in Arabic to win the Man Booker International Prize, and the first book by a female Omani author to be translated into English.
    • Notes:
      Read by Laurence Bouvard.
    • Notes:
      3 14 20
    • Other Titles:
      Sayyidāt al-qamar.
    • ISBN:
      9781515948490
      1515948498
      9781515948490
    • Accession Number:
      1124857646
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1093067