Books by Jokha Alharthi (2)
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Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi EN
OmanDescription:
Translated by Marilyn Booth Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain and reflects on the relationships that have made her from a “remarkable” writer who has “constructed her own novelistic form” (James Wood, The New Yorker). ‘Alharthi makes lyrical shifts between past and present, memory and folklore, oneiric surrealism and grimy realism.’ Guardian [A] stirring tale of a woman who battles every social and religious constraint. The juxta... continue
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Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi EN
Description:
An elegantly structured story of the history and people of modern Oman told through one family's losses and loves.