Bücher von Kamila Shamsie

Best of Friends, a captivating novel by the acclaimed author Kamila Shamsie, is a must-read for all book lovers. Published by Bloomsbury UK in 2023, this book has already garnered much attention in the literary world. Kamila Shamsie, known for her unique writing style and compelling narratives, has once again managed to craft a story that is both engaging and thought-provoking. The genre of the book, though hard to pin down to just one, can be best described as a blend of drama, romance, and suspense. Set against the backdrop of contemporary times, Best of Friends explores the complexities of friendship and the inevitable changes it undergoes over time. It's a book that will make you reflect, empathize, and perhaps even shed a tear or two. Don't miss out on this masterpiece from Bloomsbury UK. Experience the magic of Kamila Shamsie's storytelling with Best of Friends.

Fourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. In present-day Karachi, her daughter Aasmaani has just discovered a letter in the couple's private code-a letter that could only have been written recently. Aasmaani is thirty, single, drifting from job to job. Always left behind whenever Samina followed the Poet into exile, she had assumed that her mother's disappearance was simply another abandonment. Then, while working at Pakistan's first independent TV station, Aasmaani runs into an old friend of Samina's who gives her the first letter, then many more. Where could the letters have come from? And will they lead her to her mother? Merging the personal with the political, Broken Verses is at once a sharp, thrilling journey through modern-day Pakistan, a carefully coded mystery, and an intimate mother-daughter story that asks how we forgive a mother who leaves.

Raheen and her best friend Karim are raised together from birth. They share an idyllic childhood in upper-class Karachi with parents who are also best friends. But when Karim's family migrates from Pakistan to London, distance and adolescence split the young friends apart. Karim takes refuge in the rationality of maps while Racheen searches for the secret behind her parents' exchange. She uncovers a story not just of a family's turbulent history but that of a country - and finds herself poised between strained friendship and fated love with Karim.