Muscat, A novel titled “Dilshad: A Biography of Hunger and Satiation” by the Omani writer and novelist Bushra Khalfan was shortlisted for the 15th edition of International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Booker 2022).
The novel “Dilshad” presents social tales overlapping in a bygone era and foreshadowing a social reality mirroring the history of Muscat, its villages and its people from different backgrounds under seemingly harsh conditions. As usual, the writer Bushra Khalfan traces footsteps of history to explore more realistic details for the reader by navigating in the worlds of history and geography.
The writer has not neglected to interweave the narrative with customs and traditions of those social backgrounds that emerge in the novel’s plot creating harmony of the events.
Source: Oman News Agency