In the City by the Sea
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In the City by the Sea
Narrated by:
Mikhail Sen
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Narrated by:
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Mikhail Sen
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By:
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Kamila Shamsie
About this listen
For every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a star
Hasan lives an idyllic childhood of abundance: of pomegranates and cricket and ostensible serenity. This illusory veneer of calm is shattered when his beloved uncle Salman, a dissenting politician in a land shackled by a militaristic regime, is charged with treason, under possible penalty of death.
Written with melancholic lyrical beauty and urgency, In the City by the Sea examines the loss of childhood innocence under political oppression.©2025 Kamila Shamsie (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Critic Reviews
Full of fun, longing and wit … a debut of spirit and imagination, loaded with intelligent charm (Ali Smith)
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Utterly enchanting (Deborah Moggach)
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