{"product_id":"bitter-orange-tree-9781646220038","title":"Bitter Orange Tree","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Dublin Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn 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, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Man Booker International Prize-winning author Jokha Alharthi, \u003ci\u003eBitter Orange Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency. It presents a mosaic portrait of one young woman's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZuhour, 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 can't help but ruminate on the relationships that have been central to her life. Most prominent is her strong emotional bond with Bint Amir, a woman she always thought of as her grandmother, who passed away just after Zuhour left the Arabian Peninsula. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the historical narrative of Bint Amir's challenged circumstances unfurls in captivating fragments, so too does Zuhour's isolated and unfulfilled present, one narrative segueing into another as time slips and dreams mingle with memories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOKHA ALHARTHI\u003c\/b\u003e was the first Omani woman to have a novel translated into English. \u003ci\u003eCelestial Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARILYN BOOTH\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin's Song \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNo Road to Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, both by Lebanese novelist Hassan Daoud, and \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Lost \u003c\/i\u003eby Hoda Barakat. Her translation of\u003ci\u003e Celestial Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e won the Man Booker International Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452414365970,"sku":"9781646220038","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_08122f21-0fac-4819-ab5c-ec0e10a06c3d.jpg?v=1729810938","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bitter-orange-tree-9781646220038","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}