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001			on1104862738
003			OCoLC
005			20191015104610.0
008			190620s2019 nyuj 000 f eng d
010			_a 2019944448
040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dIG$ _dOCLCF _dNYP _dLMJ _dOCLCO _dUAP _dTCH _dNFG
020			_a9781948226943 _q(paperback)
020			_a1948226944 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1104862738
041	1		_aeng _hara
043			_aa-mk---
092			_aHarithi, _bJukhah
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aḤārithī, Jūkhah, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aSayyidāt al-qamar. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aCelestial bodies : _ba novel / _cJokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.
264		1	_aNew York : _bCatapult, _c2019.
300			_axi, 243 pages : _bgenealogical table ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aFirst published in Oman in 2010.
520			_a"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, slave-owning society into its complex present"--Publisher marketing.
650		0	_aSisters _zOman _vFiction.
651		0	_aOman _xSocial life and customs _vFiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
700	1		_aBooth, Marilyn, _etranslator. _9107780
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c300419 _d300419