{"product_id":"celestial-bodies-9781948226943","title":"Celestial Bodies","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize and national bestseller is \"an innovative reimagining of the family saga . . . \u003ci\u003eCelestial Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a treasure house: an intricately calibrated chaos of familial orbits and conjunctions, of the gravitational pull of secrets\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool beautifully against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present. Through the sisters, we glimpse a society in all its degrees, from the very poorest of the local slave families to those making money through the advent of new wealth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first novel originally written in Arabic to ever win the Man Booker International Prize, and the first book by a female Omani author to be translated into English, \u003ci\u003eCelestial Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival in the United States of a major international writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jokha Alharthi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948226943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Man Booker International Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2019 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJokha Alharthi\u003c\/b\u003e is the first Omani woman to have a novel translated into English, and \u003ci\u003eCelestial Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book translated from Arabic to win the Man Booker International Prize. She 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilyn Booth\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Chair for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World, Oriental Institute and Magdalen College, Oxford University. In addition to her academic publications, she has translated many works of fiction from the Arabic, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin's Song\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Road to Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, both by Lebanese novelist Hassan Daoud.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jokha Alharthi \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47629432225949,"sku":"9781948226943","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_871093be-29d4-4b48-876e-e1390f118ea8.jpg?v=1770189088","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/celestial-bodies-9781948226943","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}