{"product_id":"9781398528291","title":"Silken Gazelles","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Alharthi, Jokha \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 August 2024 by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e224 x 142 x 25 | 378g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new novel from the first Arabic-language winner of the Booker International Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In their small, mountainside village, Ghazaala and Asiya love each other like sisters, until tragedy strikes, and Asiya is forced into exile. Ghazaala is haunted by Asiya’s absence; a wound that never quite heals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When Ghazaala falls in love with a handsome violinist, everything changes. In Muscat, she tries desperately to balance university and the demands of a new wife. Then she meets Harir, whose life, unbeknownst to Ghaazala, has also been changed by Asiya and the mystery of her fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilken Gazelles is a tribute to the power of friendship and the strength of women, intertwining love and loss with deft, beautiful prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA “remarkable” writer who has “constructed her own novelistic form” The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41759394726023,"sku":"9781398528291","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781398528291.jpg?v=1741634071","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781398528291","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}