In the City By the Sea

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In the City By the Sea

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Author: Kamila Shamsie

Type: PAPERBACK

ISBN: 9781526607836

Date: 20th September, 2018

Publisher: BLOOMSBURY

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  2. Family Life
  3. Contemporary Fiction
  4. Political Control

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_______________ 'Full of fun, longing and wit . a debut of spirit and imagination, loaded with intelligent charm' - Ali Smith 'A touching and engrossing story . an assured debut' - The Times 'A colourful and peripatetic view of politics in Pakistan . an interesting and promising novel' - Guardian _______________ BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE _______________ Hasan is eleven years old. He loves cricket, pomegranates, the night sky, his clever, vibrant artistic mother and his etymologically obsessed lawyer father, and he adores his next-door neighbour Zehra. One early summer morning, while lazing happily on the roof, Hasan watches a young boy flying a yellow kite fall to his death. Soon after, Hasan's idyllic, sheltered family life is shattered when his beloved uncle Salman, a dissenting politician, is arrested and charged with treason... Set in a land ruled by an oppressive military regime, this eloquent, charming and quietly political novel vividly recreates the confusing world of a young boy on the edge of adulthood, and beautifully illustrates the transformative power of the imagination.

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