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In the City by the Sea

by Kamila Shamsie
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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
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BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE
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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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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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  • ISBN: 9781408825983
  • Release date: June 6, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781408825983
  • File size: 1844 KB
  • Release date: June 6, 2011

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Fiction Literature

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English

_______________

'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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Fiction Literature