The City in Climate Crisis

Most of the novel takes place in a large coastal city where heat, floods, and shortages have become part of daily life. Power cuts, empty markets, water lines, and overfull buses define the routines of Ma’s family and their neighbors. People who have fled ruined villages sleep in public spaces, which shows how rural disaster spills into urban streets. The city feels both crowded and abandoned, full of human bodies yet lacking reliable institutions, and it frames every decision about food, work, and migration.

Ma’s House and Garden

Ma’s modest house, shared with Dadu and Mishti, is the main domestic setting of the story. The rooms hold the storeroom of food, the passports, and the bed where Mishti sleeps, so the house concentrates the family’s fears and hopes. Dadu’s garden outside the house creates a small green space where...