内容简介
CelestialBodiesissetinthevillageofal-AwafiinOman,whereweencounterthreesisters:Mayya,whomarriesAbdallahafteraheartbreak;Asma,whomarriesfromasenseofduty;andKhawlawhorejectsallofferswhilewaitingforherbeloved,whohasemigratedtoCanada.ThesethreewomenandtheirfamilieswitnessOmanevolvefromatraditional,slave-owningsocietyslowlyredefiningitselfafterthecolonialera,tothecrossroadsofitscomplexpresent.Elegantlystructuredandtaut,CelestialBodiesisacoiledspringofanovel,tellingofOman'scoming-of-agethroughtheprismofonefamily'slossesandloves.
作者简介
JokhaAlharthiistheauthoroftwopreviouscollectionsofshortfiction,achildren'sbook,andthreenovelsinArabic.FluentinEnglish,shecompletedaPhDinClassicalArabicPoetryinEdinburgh,andteachesatSultanQaboosUniversityinMuscat.ShehasbeenshortlistedfortheSahikhZayedAwardforYoungWritersandhershortstorieshavebeenpublishedinEnglish,German,Italian,Korean,andSerbian.