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The Moor's Last Sigh traces four generations of the narrator's family and the ultimate effects upon the narrator. The narrator, Moraes Zogoiby, traces his family's beginnings down through time to his own lifetime. Moraes, who is called "Moor" throughout the book, is an exceptional character, whose physical body ages twice as fast as a normal ...
- Salman Rushdie
- Fiction novel
- 1995
- 1995
Jan 1, 2001 · The Satanic Verses (1988), novel of Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie led Ruholla Khomeini, the ayatollah of Iran, to demand his execution and then forced him into hiding; his other works include Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker prize, and The Moor's Last Sigh (1995). Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, a novelist and essayist ...
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May 11, 1995 · 2. Rushdie has stated that the idea of a portrait of a mother painted over because the father did not like it–the “lost image”–was the original inspiration for this novel. The image of the “palimpsest,” a painting over which a second work has been superimposed, is central to The Moor’s Last Sigh. How does the palimpsest become a ...
Jan 16, 1996 · A strict report, worthy of sympathy. Share your opinion of this book. This amazingly inventive fiction is—as all the world knows—its Indian-born author's first adult novel since Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini put a price on Rushdie's head in 1990 for the offense against Islam perceived in The Satanic Verses (1989). And, by the time you read this ...
Jan 14, 1997 · Salman Rushdie. Sir Salman Rushdie is the author of many novels including Grimus, Midnight's Children, Shame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury and Shalimar the Clown. He has also published works of non-fiction including The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, The Wizard of Oz and, as co-editor, The ...
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In The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie, the use of literary devices is both varied and masterful, adding layers of meaning and enhancing the storytelling. Below are tables showcasing examples of the top 10 literary devices identified in the novel , each accompanied by an explanation to illustrate how Rushdie employs these techniques to ...
About The Moor’s Last Sigh. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses combines a ferociously witty family saga with a surreally imagined and sometimes blasphemous chronicle of modern India and flavors the mixture with peppery soliloquies on art, ethnicity, religious ...
