In the City by the Sea

<p><i>For every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a star</i><br><br>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.<br><br>Written with melancholic lyrical beauty and urgency, <i>In the City by the Sea</i> examines the loss of childhood innocence under political oppression.</p>