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Jokha Alharthi

Jokha Alharthi: Celestial Bodies

May 23, 2019 by Paul Fulcher

Paul reviews this year’s winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Celestial Bodies, by Jokha Alharthi, translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.

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