Celestial Bodies
Publisher: Catapult
Published: Oct 08, 2019
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781948226943
Description: "In 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. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--