Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Book description
A captivating fantasy novel for readers of all ages, by the author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses
"This is, simply put, a book for anyone who loves a good story. It's also a work of literary genius." -Stephen King
Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magiciansā¦
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4 authors picked Haroun and the Sea of Stories as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In 1989, Salman Rushdie he had to go into hiding because of the fatwa against his life. In trying to explain this decision to his young son, Rushdie spins a magical tale of a storyteller who decides to stop telling stories.
The hero, Haroun, always wondered where his father's stories came from. His father always said āI drink from the ocean of stories. They install a spigot in the wall for me to drink from.ā (Yeah, right.) Until, on that one fateful day, Haroun catches the water genie uninstalling the spigot.
On his way to save the ocean of stories,ā¦
From A.'s list on across the boundary of poetry, science, and society.
I had long been a fan of Salman Rushdie, known as a magic realism author for adults, but only read his childrenās book Haroun and the Sea of Stories after I began writing for children myself.
Set in the land of Alifbay, in a nameless city of factories in which āsadness was actually manufactured, packaged and sent all over the worldā we follow the adventures of Haroun, whose father Rashid the storyteller loses his gift. Haroun must journey to the earthās second moon, Kahani (story in Hindi/Urdu) and drink from the Ocean of Stories to restore it.
This endlessly inventiveā¦
From Gita's list on magic realism chosen by a childrenās author.
From Zena's list on āitāll be better when I get thereā SFF YA.
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There is the genre of magical realism and then there is Salman Rushdieās magical realism. Salman takes the ordinariness of reality and transforms it into magic, beautifully using his language. Haroun and the sea of stories is my favourite work of the author in which he uses language, to create a wonderful world of magic. I particularly enjoyed this work because it opened up a whole world of possibilities for me, showing me how to use language in a creative way, in which multiple meanings can be created. Reality and magic beautifully come together in this amazing book!
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