Luka and the Fire of Life - Hardcover
On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka's storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka must embark on a journey through the Magic World, encountering a slew of phantasmagorical obstacles along the way, to steal the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task.
With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun's younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best.
With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun's younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best.
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'...parents who are keen on reading aloud to their children will take great pleasure in the tale and its telling...' -- The Independent on Sunday, Daniel Hahn
'demands to be experienced on the tongue and in the ear...something endearing about the obvious delight that Rushdie takes' --The Times, Helen Dunmore
`A captivating, funny and beautifully imagined fable' -- Sunday Telegraph, Seven, Beth Jones
'A bustling and minutely imagined fabular landscape, crammed with allegorical figures and places...it captures brilliantly that moment when adults enrapture children.' --Guardian, Alex Clark
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'demands to be experienced on the tongue and in the ear...something endearing about the obvious delight that Rushdie takes' --The Times, Helen Dunmore
`A captivating, funny and beautifully imagined fable' -- Sunday Telegraph, Seven, Beth Jones
'A bustling and minutely imagined fabular landscape, crammed with allegorical figures and places...it captures brilliantly that moment when adults enrapture children.' --Guardian, Alex Clark
A glittering, magical fable, the follow-up to the bestselling Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0224061623
- ISBN 13 9780224061629
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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