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Silken Gazelles
A novel by the Man Booker International Prize-winning author of Celestial Bodies
Jokha Alharthi(0)
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An unforgettable story of friendship, love, and the impact of childhood from the first Arabic-language winner of the International Booker Prize.
An unforgettable story of friendship, love, and the impact of childhood from the first Arabic-language winner of the International Booker Prize.
Two Omani girls born in 1987 grow up to make very different decisions in their lives. Ghazaala runs away from home at sixteen with her lover, a musician in the royal orchestra. Harir studies at university in Muscat.
Considered, deft transitions between the different time zones the characters occupy illuminates other transitions-from rural to city life, from tradition to modernity. This layered and mesmerizing tale of Omani women sheltering and caring for one another explores how the impact of a friendship-and its loss-can reverberate at different stages of life.
• Jokha Alharthi was the first Omani woman to have a novel translated into English, and Celestial Bodies was the first ever novel originally written in Arabic to win the Man Booker International Prize.
• Never before has there been such interest in immigrant and international stories, as demonstrated by the success of books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Djamila Ibrahim, Irina Kovalyova, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Ayelet Tsabari.
• The works of Jokha Alharthi provide illuminating and fascinating glimpses into Omani history and culture, which are little known in the West. These depictions provide insight into global forces that enable unequal conditions.
• Silken Gazelles depicts a long-lasting, complex, and rewarding relationship between two women in the vein of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels.
An unforgettable story of friendship, love, and the impact of childhood from the first Arabic-language winner of the International Booker Prize.
Two Omani girls born in 1987 grow up to make very different decisions in their lives. Ghazaala runs away from home at sixteen with her lover, a musician in the royal orchestra. Harir studies at university in Muscat.
Considered, deft transitions between the different time zones the characters occupy illuminates other transitions-from rural to city life, from tradition to modernity. This layered and mesmerizing tale of Omani women sheltering and caring for one another explores how the impact of a friendship-and its loss-can reverberate at different stages of life.
• Jokha Alharthi was the first Omani woman to have a novel translated into English, and Celestial Bodies was the first ever novel originally written in Arabic to win the Man Booker International Prize.
• Never before has there been such interest in immigrant and international stories, as demonstrated by the success of books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Djamila Ibrahim, Irina Kovalyova, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Ayelet Tsabari.
• The works of Jokha Alharthi provide illuminating and fascinating glimpses into Omani history and culture, which are little known in the West. These depictions provide insight into global forces that enable unequal conditions.
• Silken Gazelles depicts a long-lasting, complex, and rewarding relationship between two women in the vein of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels.