TY  - BOOK
N2  - A family saga reflecting the troubled state of India. The protagonists are four generations of the da Gama, who became wealthy in the spice trade before declining into gangsterism. Their tale is narrated by the family's last descendant and he attributes their fall to bickering, a reflection of Hindu-Moslem strife plaguing India today. Peopled with odd characters--the narrator is the product of a Jewish father and a Christian mother--the novel is a pessimistic counterpoint to the author's optimistic Midnight's Children, on India's struggle for independence.
AB  - A family saga reflecting the troubled state of India. The protagonists are four generations of the da Gama, who became wealthy in the spice trade before declining into gangsterism. Their tale is narrated by the family's last descendant and he attributes their fall to bickering, a reflection of Hindu-Moslem strife plaguing India today. Peopled with odd characters--the narrator is the product of a Jewish father and a Christian mother--the novel is a pessimistic counterpoint to the author's optimistic Midnight's Children, on India's struggle for independence.
T1  - The Moor's last sigh /
AU  - Rushdie, Salman,
ET  - First American edition.
CN  - PR6068.U757
CN  - PR6068.U757
N1  - A novel.
N1  - Originally published: London : J. Cape.
ID  - 1388097
KW  - Mothers and sons
KW  - Spice trade
KW  - Domestic fiction.
KW  - Mothers and sons
KW  - Domestic fiction.
KW  - Mothers and sons.
KW  - Spice trade.
SN  - 0679420495
SN  - 9780679420491
SN  - 0676506909
SN  - 9780676506907
SN  - 0679744665
SN  - 9780679744665
TI  - The Moor's last sigh /
ER  -