Celestial Bodies - Couverture souple

Alharthi, Jokha

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912240165 ISBN 13 : 9781912240166

Editeur : Sandstone Press, 2018

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'The great pleasure of reading Celestial Bodies is witnessing a novel argue, through the achieved perfection of its form, for a kind of inquiry that only the novel can really conduct.' --The New Yorker

'Alharthi... pushes past stereotypical narratives of Muslim women defying patriarchy, instead illustrating the difficulties of balancing tradition and newfound freedoms. It's a tale that perhaps could have been written only in a strange new place itself.' --Naina Bajekal, Time

'Al-Harthi renders the complicated dynamics of modern Oman, which only outlawed slavery in the 1970s. --Refinery29

'A richly imagined, engaging and poetic insight into a society in transition and into lives previously obscured.' --The Man Booker International Prize judges

'A beautifully written and very moving story.' --Nicola Sturgeon

'Fascinating.' --The Guardian

'Brings a distinctive and important new voice to world literature.' --The Irish Times

'Compelling...' --Women in Translation

`Blends the rhythms of daily life with magic and legend.'--Muhammad Barrada

`Delivers the reader immediately into the world of the marginal, forgotten, most subaltern sectors of society.'--Ibrahim al-Hajari

`This novel is interesting as a lens through which to view an important time in the transition of Omani society' --The Wee Review

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Winner of The best Omani novel, 2010

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. 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sandstone Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1912240165
• ISBN 13: 9781912240166
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256