The Moor's last sigh / Salman Rushdie.
Rushdie, Salman, author.
1995
PR6068.U757 M66 1995 (Mapit)
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Title The Moor's last sigh / Salman Rushdie.
Author Rushdie, Salman, author.
Edition First American edition.
ISBN 0679420495
9780679420491
0676506909 (pbk.)
9780676506907 (pbk.)
0679744665
9780679744665
Published New York : Pantheon Books, [1995]
Copyright ©1995
Language English
Description 435 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number PR6068.U757 M66 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification 823/.914
Summary 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.
Note A novel.
Originally published: London : J. Cape.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (page 435).
Awards Whitbread Award, 1995.
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