salman rushdie book haroun and the sea of stories

Rushdie's young hero, Haroun, is the son of the famous story-teller Rashid (a near-anagram of 'Rushdie') Khalifa (Caliph) who is known as the 'Ocean of Notions.' Rashid is able, like Orpheus, to command the fascinated attentionĮven of the birds and beasts. In the course of the story he is aided by supernatural companions and confronts and defeats a wicked magician. It follows the classic folk tale in which the hero travels to strange lands to lift a spell on his nativeĬountry or cure his father of a fatal ailment. On the surface, 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories' is a lively, wonderfully inventive comic tale with an updated Arabian Nights background. Who could have believed that a world-famous spiritual leader would publicly exhort his millions of followers to murder a novelist in another country, and promise them eternal salvation should they succeed?' The only difference is that the experiences that lie behind 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories' are nearly as fantastic as anything in the tale. Salman Rushdie's remarkable new children's book belongs in this company. White, who both as child and adult was described as resembling a mouse, made the hero of 'Stuart Little' Never attains maturity, and must borrow or steal other people's children for his playmates. Many of Beatrix Potter's animals escape from claustrophobic domestic environments like that of her own respectably repressive Victorian parents. NovemAnother Dangerous Story From Salman Rushdie By ALISON LURIEĮhind many of the greatest and most joyful children's fantasies move the shadows of real and often unhappy events in theirĪuthors' lives. Another Dangerous Story From Salman Rushdie

Salman rushdie book haroun and the sea of stories