书目

Celestial Bodies

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.

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