Haroun And The Sea Of Stories by Rushdie Salman
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The author of sixteen previous books, Rushdie is best known for his second novel, Midnight's Children, which launched him into fame, and The Satanic Verses, which touched off a storm of protest across the Muslim world and resulted in a fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran. These two novels together helped shape two themes that have come together to give form to his career. On one hand, he nearly single-handedly defined the shape that Indian novels written in English would take for decades. And on the other he became a symbol of enlightenment and free speech, defiant against the forces of intolerance and fundamentalist religion.
His books often tread a path that navigates these directions in his career. Fascinated both by the form of magic realism and the subject matter of post-colonialism, and by the experiences of various diasporas, Rushdie's works have an uncanny ability to tease the story out of people's sacred truths.
An international celebrity, Rushdie is often in the public eye, whether the focus is on his personal life or his political views. He is also Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Emory University, and Midnight's Children has been adapted for a film version, to be shot by Canadian director Deepa Mehta.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140140439 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140140433 |
| Title | Haroun And The Sea Of Stories |
| Author | Rushdie Salman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Book |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House India |
| Year published | 2000-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
| Prizes | Winner of Writer's Guild / Macallan Award Children's Book Category 1991 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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