In that sense, I ve never felt that I ve written an autobiographical character." " (from Wikipedia). 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. However, the author has refuted the idea of having written any of his characters as autobiographical, stating, "People assume that because certain things in the character are drawn from your own experience, it just becomes you. Haroun And the Sea of Stories (Penguin Drop Caps) Salman Rushdie Book Descriptions: The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. The character of Saleem Sinai has been compared to Rushdie. Midnight's Children follows the life of a child, born at the stroke of midnight as India gained its independence, who is endowed with special powers and a connection to other children born at the dawn of a new and tumultuous age in the history of the Indian sub-continent and the birth of the modern nation of India. This work won the 1981 Booker Prize and, in 19, was awarded the Best of the Bookers as the best novel to have received the prize during its first 25 and 40 years. His next novel, Midnight's Children (1981), catapulted him to literary notability. "Rushdie's first novel, Grimus (1975), a part-science fiction tale, was generally ignored by the public and literary critics. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some light fading to the spine. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket.
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