Omani wins Booker International Prize

Updated May 22 2019 - 9:38am, first published 9:34am
Jokha Alharthi has won the Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies".
Jokha Alharthi has won the Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies".

Omani author Jokha Alharthi has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies," the story of three sisters in a desert country confronting its slave-owning past and the modern world.