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Haroun and the Sea of Stories
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670838047
- ISBN 13
- 9780670838042
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Granta Books / Viking Penguin, 1990, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Octavo, hardcover, as new in near fine red and blue dj. 219 deckled pages. First printing. In a sad city, the saddest of cities, a city so ruinously sad that it had forgotten its name, a professional storyteller named Rashid lives with his son, Haroun. He has the Gift of the Gab. Ask him for a story and you won't get just any old story. He tells hundreds of stories, funny and sad stories, all of them juggled at once, complete with bits of sorcery and bits of love, princesses, wicked uncles and fat aunts, moustachioed gangsters in yellow-checked pants. But one day no stories come out and his son tries to return his Gift of Gab.
Synopsis
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's first novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story set in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for several problems existing in society today, especially in India and the Indian subcontinent. It looks at these problems from the viewpoint of the young protagonist Haroun.
Reviews
On Apr 7 2013, Fireflower537 said:
A cute and light-hearted whimsical fantasy adventure. Haroun and his father journey to the Earth's second moon which they must save from the evil Khattam-Shud.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85261
- Title
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670838047
- ISBN 13
- 9780670838042
- Publisher
- Granta Books / Viking Penguin, 1990
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1990
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
bookwitch
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Concord, California
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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