Celestial bodies : a novel /
"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 famil...
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Natura: | Libro |
Lingua: | inglese |
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New York :
Catapult,
2019.
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Riassunto: | "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"-- |
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Descrizione del documento: | First published in Oman in 2010. |
Descrizione fisica: | xi, 243 pages : illustration ; 21 cm |
Premi: | Winner of the 2019 Man Booker international prize. |
Bibliografia: | Includes a bibliographical reference (page xi). |
ISBN: | 9781912240166 |