Celestial Bodies

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jokha Alharthi
• Publisher: Sandstone Press Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781912240166
• ISBN: 978-1-912240-16-6
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature