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In The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie revisits some of the same ground he covered in his greatest novel, Midnight's Children. This book is narrated by Moraes Zogoiby, aka Moor, who speaks to us from a gravestone in Spain. Like Moor, Rushdie knows about a life spent in banishment from normal society--Rushdie because of the death sentence that followed The Satanic Verses, Moor because he ages at twice the rate of normal humans. Yet Moor's story of travail is bigger than Rushdie's; it encompasses a grand struggle between good and evil while Moor himself stands as allegory for Rushdie's home country of India. Filled with wordplay and ripe with humor, it is an epic work, and Rushdie has the tools to pull it off. He earned a 1995 Whitbread Prize for his efforts. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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This saga of a family whose history is interwoven with that of modern India, Rushdie's first adult novel in seven years, won England's 1995 Whitbread award.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Story Time, Mar 28 2002

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Gordon Smith (san jose, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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Remember story time? Mom or dad would gently lull you into a dreamworld with tales of fantasy, or keep you up all night following a captivating adventure. Well this is story time. Grown up style. You'll feel like a kid again reading this book, but don't worry: you won't feel like a child.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Me encantó, Aug 27 2001

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"cello_ali" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews

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Es mágico, es genial... te hace volar por india... Uno puede oler, ver y sentir todo lo que Rushdie nos cuenta en "El último suspiro del moro".

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great prose style carries the book through., April 25 2001

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Udyan Khanna (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

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After reading, Midnight's Children and Shame in succession, I was ready for a let down. I got precisely that as in comparision, this book lacks the intricate plot of Shame or funny historical references of Midnight's Children. The only thing left is great narrative style of Rushdie, which is in tact and in full bloom. So read it if you are a Rushdie fan. Otherwise, read the other two books as they are gems of English Literature.

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