{"product_id":"9781471193927","title":"Bitter Orange Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook Title: Bitter Orange Tree \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781471193927 \u003cbr\u003eBy Author(s):PB \u003cbr\u003eBy Publisher: \u003cbr\u003eFormat:ALHARTHI JOKHA + BOOTH MARILYN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTranslated by Marilyn Booth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003elisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2023\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Alharthi makes lyrical shifts between past and present, memory and folklore, oneiric surrealism and grimy realism.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] stirring tale of a woman who battles every social and religious constraint. The juxtaposition with the narrator’s reflections on modern life and the speed of change is brilliantly judged in Marilyn Booth’s agile translation from Arabic.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 Aamir, a woman she always thought of as her grandmother, who passed away just after Zuhour left the Arabian Peninsula.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the historical narrative of Bint Aamir’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\u003eThe eagerly awaited new novel by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBitter Orange Tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49294242906335,"sku":null,"price":9.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0410\/9529\/9228\/files\/71hkF8Gsk7L._SY522.jpg?v=1779432006","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmarket.com.sg\/products\/9781471193927","provider":"BookMarket","version":"1.0","type":"link"}