In The City By The Sea
By Kamila Shamsie Kamila Shamsie's enchanting first novel, shortlisted in 1998 for the John Llewellyn Rhys / Mail on Sunday 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 oppresive 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.
Published Date: 21/06/2004
Format: PaperBack
ISBN: 9780747571643
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
No of Pages: 222
Rating:
price 13 $
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