
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Bitter Orange Tree
About this book
Zuhur, 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 Zuhur left the Arabian Peninsula. As the historical narrative of Bint Amir's challenged circumstances unfurls in captivating fragments, so too does Zuhur's 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 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.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Fingers
- The Father’s Platter
- Brown Rings on a Woman’s Head-Shawl
- How to Behave Suitably
- Mud and Charcoal
- The Widow Marries
- An Austere Party for the Passionately Ascetic
- The Bride, and the Baby Repelled
- Life Is a Paper Kite
- Names
- The Virgin
- The Gypsy Woman
- Love Sets Conditions
- The White Room
- The Wood Gatherer and the Lion
- The Dynamo
- A Day Trip
- Bliss
- A Leaf Falling from the Mango Tree
- Nostalgia
- The Color Blue
- Bonds of Sympathy
- The Three Monkeys
- Miracles
- War
- A Good-Enough Excuse
- Eyeglasses
- A Yellow Rain from India
- Perfection
- The Theater
- The Snowman, and the Man of Ice
- Talisman
- To Be Delirious with Joy
- Young Love
- Pardoning
- Curiosity
- The Scorpion
- Imran
- The Heart Is Made of Clay and Water
- The Holy Night of Revelation
- The Fiancé
- Triangle
- Sheets
- The Valiant Horseman
- Copyright