Moares 'Moor' Zogoiby is a 'high-born crossbreed', the last surviving scion of a dynasty of Cochinise spice merchants and crime lords. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As he travels a route that takes him from India to Spain, he leaves behind a labyrinthine tale of mad passions and volcanic family …
De verleidster van Florence is een roman van Salman Rushdie uit 2008. Het is volgens de auteur het boek waarvoor hij de meeste research heeft gedaan. Achterin het boek staat een uitgebreide literatuurlijst, met daarbij de opmerking dat het gaat om een onvolledige lijst. In het verhaal worden de oosterse, de westerse …
Grimus is a 1975 fantasy and science fiction novel by Salman Rushdie. It was his literary debut. The story loosely follows Flapping Eagle, a young Indian who receives the gift of immortality after drinking a magic fluid. After drinking the fluid, Flapping Eagle wanders the earth for 777 years 7 months and 7 days, …
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's fifth novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story that begins 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 …
Autobiografisch relaas van de Brits-Indiase schrijver (1947- ) over zijn onderduikleven na het uitroepen van de fatwa van 1989 tot aan 2005.
Luka and the Fire of Life is a novel by Salman Rushdie. It was published by Jonathan Cape, Random House in 2010. It is the sequel to Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Rushdie has said "he turned to the world of video games for inspiration" and that "he wrote the book for his 13-year-old son".