{"product_id":"celestial-bodies-9781948226943","title":"Celestial Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize and national bestseller is \"an innovative reimagining of the family saga . . . \u003ci\u003eCelestial Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a treasure house: an intricately calibrated chaos of familial orbits and conjunctions, of the gravitational pull of secrets\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool beautifully against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present. Through the sisters, we glimpse a society in all its degrees, from the very poorest of the local slave families to those making money through the advent of new wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel originally written in Arabic to ever win the Man Booker International Prize, and the first book by a female Omani author to be translated into English, \u003ci\u003eCelestial Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival in the United States of a major international writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948226943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2019 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jokha Alharthi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672598179996,"sku":"9781948226943","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ac32d82b-6cdd-414b-b5fe-a8380f9660cb.jpg?v=1603928010","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/celestial-bodies-9781948226943","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}