{"product_id":"the-year-of-sound-and-heat","title":"The Year of Sound and Heat","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 2007, and Karachi is\u003cbr\u003e\nthrumming with possibility\u003cbr\u003e\nfor childhood friends Jogi\u003cbr\u003e\nand Billoo. They spend their\u003cbr\u003e\ndays and nights in a\u003cbr\u003e\neuphoric haze of work,\u003cbr\u003e\nconversation, and laughter,\u003cbr\u003e\nunmoved by the trouble that\u003cbr\u003e\nseems to be brewing in\u003cbr\u003e\nparts of the city. The\u003cbr\u003e\nGeneral and the Judge are\u003cbr\u003e\nat a political standoff, and\u003cbr\u003e\nthere is a marked sense of\u003cbr\u003e\nunease in the air.\u003cbr\u003e\nBut the woes of Karachi\u003cbr\u003e\nsoon begin to encroach on\u003cbr\u003e\ntheir lives, as an incident\u003cbr\u003e\nafter a party leaves the two\u003cbr\u003e\nfriends shell-shocked, and\u003cbr\u003e\nputs them on divergent\u003cbr\u003e\npaths. Billoo becomes\u003cbr\u003e\nobsessed with the fight for\u003cbr\u003e\njustice and activism, while\u003cbr\u003e\nJogi begins to dream of an\u003cbr\u003e\nimmediate escape from the\u003cbr\u003e\ncity. Along with Natasha - a\u003cbr\u003e\nphotographer desperate to\u003cbr\u003e\nfind meaning and utility in\u003cbr\u003e\nher art - they navigate the\u003cbr\u003e\nchaos of that year, as riots,\u003cbr\u003e\nexplosions, assassinations,\u003cbr\u003e\nand torrential rains\u003cbr\u003e\nchallenge their relationship\u003cbr\u003e\nwith the city and with each\u003cbr\u003e\nother.\u003cbr\u003e\nBased on true events, “The\u003cbr\u003e\nYear of Sound and Heat  is\u003cbr\u003e\na love letter to Karachi in\u003cbr\u003e\none of its most violent\u003cbr\u003e\nyears, as well as a\u003cbr\u003e\nrumination on activism,\u003cbr\u003e\nbelonging, and the\u003cbr\u003e\nsuppressed trauma of the\u003cbr\u003e\npeople of the city, struggling\u003cbr\u003e\n- and always failing - to call\u003cbr\u003e\nanother place Home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zain Saeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44228364533820,"sku":"9789698729769","price":930.75,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9789698729769.jpg?v=1776777332","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-year-of-sound-and-heat","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}