Salman Rushdie was born in 1947 in Bombay to a Kashmiri family. He won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism mixed with historical fiction, and a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western world.
Moor's Last Sigh
Moor's Last Sigh
Synopsis
A Bombay Brahmin born with a rare condition that causes his body to age twice as fast narrates four generations of his family's history, weaving together the lives of those who shaped him and the women he loved. The novel blends magical realism with satire to explore themes of memory, identity, and the passage of time against the backdrop of changing India.
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Moor (Moraes Zogoiby)Protagonist
A Bombay Brahmin with a rare genetic condition that causes him to age twice as fast, and who narrates the story of his family's history across generations.
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Moor's Last SighUnknown, 1996
491 pages
Penguin Random HouseLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97800997006165 editions available
