- Hindi Short stories, Short stories, Adventure, Juvenile fiction
Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, this classic children's novel inhabits the same imaginative space as *The Lord of the Rings*, *The Alchemist*, and *The Wizard of Oz*. In this captivating work of fantasy, Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of stories. On the way, he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.
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About the book
- Author
- Salman Rushdie
- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 221
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Incorporated, Random House, [Gyldendal]
- Editions
- 47
- Language
- dan, per, Portuguese, German
- ISBN
- 9780140142235
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Salman Rushdie was born in 1947 in Bombay to a Kashmiri family. He won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism mixed with historical fiction, and a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western world.
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