01645cam a2200349 i 4500 395161969 TxAuBib 20191029120000.0 191003s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2019030212 9781948226943 16.95 1948226944 16.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda eng ara Ḥārithī, Jūkhah. Sayyidāt al-qamar English. Celestial bodies [BOOK] : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. New York : Catapult, 2019. xi, 243 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier First published in Oman in 2010. "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". 20191029. Text in English, translated from Arabic. Sisters Oman Fiction. Oman Social life and customs Fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Booth, Marilyn.