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In the City by the Sea
Taschenbuch von Kamila Shamsie
Sprache: Englisch

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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_______________BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED 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.
_______________'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 FICTIONSHORTLISTED 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.
Über den Autor
Kamila Shamsie was born and grew up in Karachi, Pakistan. She is the author of seven previous novels including Burnt Shadows, shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and A God in Every Stone, shortlisted for the Women's Bailey's Prize and the Walter Scott Prize. Her novel Home Fire won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2018. It was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the London Hellenic Prize. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow and Vice President of the Royal Society of Literature and was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist in 2013. She is professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in London.

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Zusammenfassung
By the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781526607836
ISBN-10: 1526607832
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Shamsie, Kamila
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 196 x 132 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Kamila Shamsie
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,168 kg
Artikel-ID: 114386037
Über den Autor
Kamila Shamsie was born and grew up in Karachi, Pakistan. She is the author of seven previous novels including Burnt Shadows, shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and A God in Every Stone, shortlisted for the Women's Bailey's Prize and the Walter Scott Prize. Her novel Home Fire won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2018. It was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the London Hellenic Prize. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow and Vice President of the Royal Society of Literature and was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist in 2013. She is professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in London.

[...]
Zusammenfassung
By the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781526607836
ISBN-10: 1526607832
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Shamsie, Kamila
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 196 x 132 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Kamila Shamsie
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,168 kg
Artikel-ID: 114386037
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