In the City by the Sea |
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| Author:
| Shamsie, Kamila |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5266-0783-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2018 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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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 FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS...
More Description _______________'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 FICTIONSHORTLISTED 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.