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Jokha Alharthi
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Dans le village d'Awafi, à Oman, vivent trois soeurs. Maya, follement amoureuse d'un inconnu, épouse Abdallah, qui s'éprend d'elle au premier regard. Asma se marie à Khaled par sens du devoir. Quant à Khawla, elle décline les demandes de tous ses soupirants, espérant le retour de l'homme auquel elle est promise depuis son enfance. Ces trois femmes, leurs ancêtres et leurs descendants, sont les témoins des mutations qui s'opèrent dans la société omanaise. Ce roman à la construction sophistiquée raconte l'émancipation d'un pays à travers les amours et les deuils d'une famille.Premier roman de langue arabe récompensé par le Man Booker International Prize, Les Corps célestes révèle une autrice majeure, d'envergure internationale. Le Monde des livres.Man Booker International Prize. Traduit de l'arabe (Oman) par Khaled Osman.
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Translated by Marilyn Booth An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain and reflects on the relationships that have made her from a remarkable writer who has constructed her own novelistic form (James Wood, The New Yorker ). Alharthi makes lyrical shifts between past and present, memory and folklore, oneiric surrealism and grimy realism. Guardian [A] stirring tale of a woman who battles every social and religious constraint. The juxtaposition with the narrators reflections on modern life and the speed of change is brilliantly judged in Marilyn Booths agile translation from Arabic. The Observer Zuhour, an Omani student at a British university, is caught between the past and the present. As she attempts to form friendships and assimilate in Britain, she cant help but ruminate on the relationships that have been central to her life. Most prominent is her strong emotional bond with Bint Aamir, a woman she always thought of as her grandmother, who passed away just after Zuhour left the Arabian Peninsula. As the historical narrative of Bint Aamirs challenged circumstances unfurls in captivating fragments, so too does Zuhours isolated and unfulfilled present, one narrative segueing into another as time slips, and dreams mingle with memories. The eagerly awaited new novel by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Bitter Orange Tree is a profound exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency. It presents a mosaic portrait of one young womans attempt to understand the roots she has grown from, and to envisage an adulthood in which her own power and happiness might find the freedom necessary to bear fruit and flourish.
