{"product_id":"celestial-bodies","title":"Celestial Bodies: Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019 by Jokha Alharthi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/ac519db5-b722-4fca-8318-6b0b335f9273.__CR0,0,2021,625_PT0_SX970_V1___.jpg\" alt=\"Man Booker International Prize; Translated fiction ; literary; Oman; Arabic; Gulf author\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of The best Omani novel, 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelestial 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56535679336827,"sku":"SNG8560","price":28.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/8431\/1419\/files\/51YqUleFHIL._SL500.jpg?v=1792744003","url":"https:\/\/wmashop.com\/products\/celestial-bodies","provider":"wmashop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}