Bitter orange tree : a novel / Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781646220038
- ISBN: 164622003X
- Physical Description: 214 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Catapult, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Language Note: | In English, translated from the Arabic. |
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Genre: | Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | F ALHARTHI (Text) | 000166041 | Fiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
Bitter Orange Tree
JOKHA ALHARTHI was the first Omani woman to have a novel translated into English. Celestial Bodies went on to win the Man Booker International Prize and became an international bestseller. Jokha Alharthi is the author of three collections of short fiction, three children's books, and four novels in Arabic. She completed a PhD in Classical Arabic Poetry in Edinburgh, and teaches at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat. MARILYN BOOTH holds the Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Chair for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World at Oxford University. In addition to her academic publications, she has translated many works of fiction from the Arabic, most recently The Penguin's Song and No Road to Paradise , both by Lebanese novelist Hassan Daoud, and Voices of the Lost by Hoda Barakat. Her translation of Celestial Bodies won the Man Booker International Prize.