Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

Celestial Bodies is a coiled spring of a novel, telling of Omans coming-of-age through the prism of one familys losses and loves.

Brings a distinctive and important new voice to world literature

* The Irish Times *

A richly imagined, engaging and poetic insight into a society in transition and into lives previously obscured.

* The Man Booker International Prize judges *

Fascinating.

* The Guardian *

Alharthi has a strong narrative gift, transporting the reader into all the intimacies of a close-knit family group.

* The Bay Magazine *

It skilfully builds suspense by creating “Aha!” moments as characters come to better understand their pasts.

* The National *

Finished it in a couple of sittings, addictive, compelling, informative and completely fascinating to read! Definitely recommend it, fingers crossed it appears on the short list too.

* Independent Book Reviews *

A beautifully written and very moving story.

* Twitter *

‘Compelling...’

* Women In Translation *

Blends the rhythms of daily life with magic and legend.

Delivers the reader immediately into the world of the marginal, forgotten, most subaltern sectors of society.

This novel is interesting as a lens through which to view an important time in the transition of Omani society.

* The Wee Review *

Jokha Alharthi is the author of two previous collections of short fiction, a children’s book, and three novels in Arabic. Fluent in English, she completed a PhD in Classical Arabic Poetry in Edinburgh, and teaches at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat. She has been shortlisted for the Sahikh Zayed Award for Young Writers and her short stories have been published in English, German, Italian, Korean, and Serbian.

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ISBN 13	9781912240166
ISBN 10	1912240165
Title	Celestial Bodies
Author	Jokha Alharthi
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sandstone Press Ltd
Year published	2018-06-21
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of The Man Booker International Prize 2019
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.