In the City by the Sea - Kamila Shamsie

In the City by the Sea

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Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2004 | New edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-7164-3 (ISBN)
11,20 inkl. MwSt
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Hasan is eleven years old. One summer morning, Hasan watches a young boy flying a yellow kite fall to his death. Set in a land ruled by an oppresive military regime, this novel recreates the confusing world of a young boy on the edge of adulthood, and illustrates the transformative power of the imagination.
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.

Kamila Shamsie was born in 1973 in Pakistan. Her first novel IN THE CITY BY THE SEA, was published in 1998 and shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys / Mail on Sunday Prize. In 1999 she also received The Award for Literature in Pakistan and published her second novel SALT AND SAFFRON to critical acclaim. Kamila lives in London and Karachi.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.6.2004
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Einbandart Paperback
Themenwelt Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-7475-7164-3 / 0747571643
ISBN-13 978-0-7475-7164-3 / 9780747571643
Zustand Neuware
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