_______________ '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.
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ISBN
9781408825983
Publisert
2015
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Bloomsbury Paperbacks
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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