Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's novel by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's fifth major publication and followed The Satanic Verses (1988). It is a phantasmagorical story that begins in a city so sad and ruinous that it has forgotten its name.Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for problems existing in society in the present day and especially in the Indian subcontinent. It presents these problems from the viewpoint of the young protagonist Haroun. Rushdie dedicated this book to his son, from whom he was separated for some time. Many elements of the story deal with the problems of censorship, an issue particularly pertinent to Rushdie because of the fatwa against him issued in 1989 by Ayatollah Khomeini. The book is highly allusive and puns in multiple languages. Many of the major characters' names allude to some aspect of speech or silence. It …
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's novel by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's fifth major publication and followed The Satanic Verses (1988). It is a phantasmagorical story that begins in a city so sad and ruinous that it has forgotten its name.Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for problems existing in society in the present day and especially in the Indian subcontinent. It presents these problems from the viewpoint of the young protagonist Haroun. Rushdie dedicated this book to his son, from whom he was separated for some time. Many elements of the story deal with the problems of censorship, an issue particularly pertinent to Rushdie because of the fatwa against him issued in 1989 by Ayatollah Khomeini. The book is highly allusive and puns in multiple languages. Many of the major characters' names allude to some aspect of speech or silence. It was made into an audiobook read by Rushdie.
Very entertaining. A well-told fable. Delightful use of language, entertaining (if mostly simple) characters, and amusing flights of fancy.
