But beyond its timely context, Rushdie’s beautiful descriptions, playful use of language, colorful characters and irrepressible sense of humor make for the kind of timeless, ageless adventure story that appears only a few times in a generation. That the novel would be, in large part, an allegory for the relationship between art, tyranny and censorship was probably inevitable. Written by Salman Rushdie, one of the world's most renowned authors, this is no ordinary book. A hybrid of Eastern and Western influences that draws on classic fantasy tales as diverse as The Wizard of Oz and One Thousand and One Nights, Haroun and the Sea of Stories follows the titular 12-year-old boy-who resides in an ancient Eastern city “ so ruinously sad that it had forgotten its name”-on a quest to restore his storyteller father’s lost gift for narrative. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a fabulous adventure book. The next year, while under police protection and separated from his young son, the controversial author did something unexpected: He published a novel for children. Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie Penguin Publishing Group, 1991 - Fiction - 216 pages 49 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its. In 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran’s supreme leader, issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie in response to The Satanic Verses, which he deemed blasphemous. Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie, Paperback Barnes & Noble®.
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