Bitter Orange Tree
eBook - ePub

Bitter Orange Tree

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Fingers
  5. The Father’s Platter
  6. Brown Rings on a Woman’s Head-Shawl
  7. How to Behave Suitably
  8. Mud and Charcoal
  9. The Widow Marries
  10. An Austere Party for the Passionately Ascetic
  11. The Bride, and the Baby Repelled
  12. Life Is a Paper Kite
  13. Names
  14. The Virgin
  15. The Gypsy Woman
  16. Love Sets Conditions
  17. The White Room
  18. The Wood Gatherer and the Lion
  19. The Dynamo
  20. A Day Trip
  21. Bliss
  22. A Leaf Falling from the Mango Tree
  23. Nostalgia
  24. The Color Blue
  25. Bonds of Sympathy
  26. The Three Monkeys
  27. Miracles
  28. War
  29. A Good-Enough Excuse
  30. Eyeglasses
  31. A Yellow Rain from India
  32. Perfection
  33. The Theater
  34. The Snowman, and the Man of Ice
  35. Talisman
  36. To Be Delirious with Joy
  37. Young Love
  38. Pardoning
  39. Curiosity
  40. The Scorpion
  41. Imran
  42. The Heart Is Made of Clay and Water
  43. The Holy Night of Revelation
  44. The Fiancé
  45. Triangle
  46. Sheets
  47. The Valiant Horseman
  48. Copyright