Celestial Bodies

Autori

• Jokha Alharthi

Parametri

• 256 pagine
• 9 ore di lettura

• Famiglia
• Narrativa
• Narrativa contemporanea
• Prosa storica

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Celestial 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 rejects all offers while waiting for her beloved, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families witness Oman evolve from a traditional, slave-owning society slowly redefining itself after the colonial era, to the crossroads of its complex present. Elegantly structured and taut, 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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2024

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