Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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First published in 1990, Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a luminous fantasy about the power of storytelling, the fragility of imagination and the freedom to speak. Haroun lives in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name, the son of Rashid Khalifa, a celebrated storyteller whose inexhaustible gift suddenly deserts him. Determined to understand what has happened, Haroun embarks on a marvellous journey to Kahani, a moon where the Ocean of the Streams of Story supplies the tales that nourish the world's imagination. There, amid extraordinary landscapes and unforgettable companions, he discovers that the survival of stories is bound up with the survival of freedom itself.
Written for his son, Zafar, during a period of personal separation, Rushdie's fable combines the enchantment of the Arabian Nights with comic invention, political allegory and a deep affection for language. Beneath its playful surface lies a pointed resistance to censorship, silence and the forces that would make imagination obedient. A distinctive departure from the darker complexities of The Satanic Verses, the novel reveals Rushdie's gift for making serious ideas accessible through wonder, wit and adventure. It remains an eloquent celebration of the boundless possibilities of fiction and the human need to tell stories.
From the book
“What's the use of stories that aren't even true?”
— Salman Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories
On Haroun and the Sea of Stories
“A lively, wonderfully inventive comic tale.”
— Alison Lurie, The New York Times Book Review