Celestial Bodies
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 First English edition | |
| Author | Jokha Alharthi |
|---|---|
| Original title | سيدات القمر |
| Translator | Marilyn Booth |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Fiction |
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| Media type | Print, digital |
| Pages | 243 |
| Awards | International Booker Prize |
| ISBN | 1912240165 (Sandstone Press) |
Celestial Bodies (Arabic: سيدات القمر, romanized: Sayyidat al-Qamar, lit. 'Ladies of the Moon') is a 2010 novel by Omani author Jokha Alharthi. The novel follows the lives of three sisters and their unhappy marriages in al-Awafi, Oman.[1][2]
The novel has been translated into over 20 languages[3] and marks the first novel by an Omani woman to be translated into English,[4] as well as the first Omani novel to be translated to Italian.[5] The original novel won the Best Omani Novel Award in 2010[6] and was longlisted for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the 'Young Author' category in 2011.[7] In 2019, the English translation was awarded the International Booker Prize, with Alharthi and translator Marilyn Booth equally sharing the £50,000 prize.[8] Celestial Bodies is also the first novel to be translated from Arabic to win the prize.[4]
