Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Salman Rushdie
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Mythology or myths, Slavery or slaves, Islam, Dreams, Reality, Blackmail, Storytelling, India or East Indian people, Riots, Dancing or dancers, Bombs, Devils or demons, Pollution, Poisons or poisoning, Fables
- Locales: Kashmir
HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES is a novel in the form of a fable, a postmodern allegory disguised as a children’s book whose seriousness cannot be separated from its joyous celebration of the storyteller’s art. The hero of the book is himself the son of a storyteller, as is the reader acrostically inscribed on the dedication page, Rushdie’s own son, Zafar, from whom he has been separated since the late Ayatollah Khomeini issued his death sentence against the author of THE SATANIC VERSES (1988). Haroun’s troubles begin when his mother leaves her husband, Rashid Kalifa, for a man...
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