Celestial Bodies is the International Booker-winning and internationally bestselling novel from Jokha Alharthi.

Set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, 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.

Format: Paperback
Published: 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Pages: 256
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1398541400
ISBN 13: 9781398541405