- Fiction, general, Middle east, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, family life
"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"--
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Grave, earnest, prestige and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Jokha Alharthi
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster India, Simon & Schuster, Limited, Sandstone Press
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- Portuguese, English
- ISBN
- 9781618037985
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“Eternamente entregue à sua máquina de costura, a Borboleta preta, Mayya mergulhava numa paixão calada, que agitava seu magro corpo todas as noites em ondas de lágrimas e de suspiros.”
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