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      In the City by the Sea

      by Kamila Shamsie
      Published
      Jul 2004
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      224
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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 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.

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      First Edition Jul 2004 Bloomsbury (UK) ISBN13 9780747571643 ISBN10 0747571643
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      Sep 2018 Bloomsbury ISBN13 9781526607836 ISBN10 1526607832
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      Jan 1998 Penguin ISBN13 9780140281811 ISBN10 0140281819
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      Jun 2011 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B0054NPLK2
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