Celestial Bodies

Jokha Alharthi

earliest edition we have, 2018 Catapult, 2019 paperback 256 pages

"In 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. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional,...

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Editions we hold

Celestial Bodies edition · 2024 · Simon & Schuster, Limited · 256 pages · 9781398541405
Damas da lua paperback · 2020 · Moinhos · 240 pages · 9786556810089
Celestial Bodies edition · 2019 · Catapult · 256 pages · 9781948226950
Celestial Bodies edition · 2019 · Simon & Schuster India · 256 pages · 9789386797575
Celestial Bodies paperback · 2019 · Catapult · 256 pages · 9781948226943
Celestial Bodies audiobook · 2019 · Tantor Audio · 9781618037985
Celestial Bodies paperback · 2018 · Sandstone Press · 9781912240166

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