{"product_id":"9781526679994-in-the-city-by-the-sea","title":"In the City by the Sea","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHasan 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with melancholic lyrical beauty and urgency, \u003ci\u003eIn the City by the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e examines the loss of childhood innocence under political oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41754419396705,"sku":"9781526679994","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36101131.jpg?v=1758256656","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526679994-in-the-city-by-the-sea","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}