In the City by the Sea
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In the City by the Sea by Kamila Shamsie
_______________ '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.
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 *
Lively, playful, provocative -- Anita Desai
A colourful and peripatetic view of politics in Pakistan … an interesting and promising novel * Guardian *
Utterly enchanting -- Deborah Moggach
A touching and engrossing story … an assured debut * The Times *
Lively, playful, provocative -- Anita Desai
A colourful and peripatetic view of politics in Pakistan … an interesting and promising novel * Guardian *
Utterly enchanting -- Deborah Moggach
Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels: In the City by the Sea (shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Salt and Saffron; Kartography (also shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Broken Verses; Burnt Shadows (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction) and A God in Every Stone, which was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Home Fire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018. Three of her novels have received awards from Pakistan's Academy of Letters. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist in 2013. She grew up in Karachi and now lives in London. @kamilashamsie
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781526607836 |
| ISBN 10 | 1526607832 |
| Title | In the City by the Sea |
| Author | Kamila Shamsie |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2018-09-20 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |