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Recommended English books written by authors from Oman (2)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you speak English here are some English books from Oman for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".

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Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi EN

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Country: Asia / Oman flag Oman
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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

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Country: Asia / Oman flag Oman
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An elegantly structured story of the history and people of modern Oman told through one family's losses and loves.
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