Celestial bodies

Ḥārithī, Jūkhah (author.). Bouvard, Laurence, (narrator.). Ḥārithī, Jūkhah translation of: Sayyidāt al-qamar. English [sound recording]. (Added Author). Tantor Media, (publisher.).

Summary: In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781515948490
Physical Description: sound recording
sound disc
7 audio discs (8 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [Old Saybrook, Connecticut] : Tantor Audio, [2019]
Copyright: ℗2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	Compact disc.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Laurence Bouvard.
Language Note:	Translated from the Arabic.
Awards Note:	Man Booker International Prize, 2019