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Book Discussion: Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

May 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Contemporary Translated Works
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, Translated by Marilyn Booth
May 20 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Zoom

Winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize, Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies follows three sisters in a small Omani village, each navigating love and marriage against the backdrop of a country transforming from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex modern present. A multigenerational portrait of one family’s losses and loves, it is the first novel translated from Arabic to win the prize.

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