Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth [in Booklist]
13 Apr, by in Adult Readers, Arab, Fiction, Repost, Translation
*STARRED REVIEW Jokha Alharthi’s third novel is her second to arrive in the U.S., again gorgeously rendered by Oxford professor Marilyn Booth. Their auspicious earlier pairing produced Celestial Bodies (2019), making Alharthi the first female Omani author to be translated into English; the novel became the first...
