Celestial Bodies

Name: Celestial Bodies
SKU: 9781912240166
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By (author) Jokha Alharthi,

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Celestial Bodies is a coiled spring of a novel, telling of Oman’s coming-of-age through the prism of one family’s losses and loves.

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2010 Best Omani Novel Award arabic Arabic translation Arranged marriage book club read book prize Booker Booker International books in translation coming of age fiction contemporary contemporary fiction family life fiction family sagas International Booker Jokha al-Harthi literary fiction literary prize man booker Man Booker International Man Booker International Prize 2019 Marilyn Booth Middle East Modern Oman Oman Oman books Omani Omani books Omani culture Omani fiction Omani fiction in translation Omani novel Omani writer prize Ramadan romance Translation United Arab Emirates winner women in translation Women of colour Women's literature

ISBN: 9781912240166

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 320

Dimensions: 13 × 1.5 × 19.6 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 320 pages
Dimensions 13 × 1.5 × 19.6 cm | 186
Publication Date 21 June 2018
Publisher Sandstone Press Ltd
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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Jokha Alharthi

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Jokha Alharthi is the author of two previous collections of short fiction, a children's book, and three novels in Arabic. Fluent in English, she completed a PhD in Classical Arabic Poetry in Edinburgh, and teaches at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat. She has been shortlisted for the Sahikh Zayed Award for Young Writers and her short stories have been published in English, German, Italian, Korean , and Serbian.

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