TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alharthi,Jokha
TI  - Celestial bodies
SN  - 9781912240166 (pbk.) :
AV  - PR6101 
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Dingwall
PB  - Sandstone Press
KW  - Oman
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Fiction
KW  - General
KW  - ukslc
N2  - '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
ER  -