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Haroun and the sea of stories

Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: London : Granta Books in association with Penguin Books, 1990.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of gab suddenly deserts Rashid, Haroun sets out on an adventure to rescue his print.
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Genre/Form: Children's books
Short stories
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Rushdie, Salman.
Haroun and the sea of stories.
London : Granta Books in association with Penguin Books, 1990
(OCoLC)645752796
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Salman Rushdie
ISBN: 0140142231 9780140142235 0140157379 9780140157376 0140140352 9780140140354 0670838047 9780670838042
OCLC Number: 22917711
Awards: Winner of Writer's Guild / Macallan Award Children's Book Category 1991
Description: 218 pages ; 23 cm
Contents: The Shah of Blah --
The mail coach --
The dull lake --
An Iff and a Butt --
About guppees and chupwalas --
The spy's story --
Into the twilight strip --
Shadow warriors --
The dark ship --
Haroun's wish --
Princess Batcheat --
Was it the walrus?
Responsibility: Salman Rushdie.

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Haroun's father is the greatest storyteller. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun is  Read more...

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