The Moor's Last Sigh

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The Moor's Last Sigh is a 1995 novel by Salman Rushdie that blends family saga, magical realism, and political commentary to trace the turbulent history of a Jewish-Catholic spice-trading family in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Salman Rushdie
award Booker Prize shortlist
character Abraham Zogoiby
Aurora Zogoiby
Epifania da Gama
Francisco da Gama
Vasco Miranda
containsElement historical allusions
magic realist episodes
nonlinear narrative
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception widely acclaimed
featuresCommunity Catholic community in India
Jewish community in Cochin
followedBy The Ground Beneath Her Feet
genre family saga
magical realism
political fiction
hasAdaptation radio dramatization
hasTheme Indian politics
art and representation
communal violence
exile
family history
hybridity
religious identity
influencedBy Bombay underworld
Hindu-Muslim communal tensions
Indian history
isbn 9780224036706
literaryMovement postcolonial literature
mainCharacter Moraes Zogoiby
narrativeStyle first-person narration
narrator Moraes Zogoiby
originalLanguage English
pageCount 434
precededBy Haroun and the Sea of Stories
protagonistTrait accelerated aging
publicationYear 1995
publisher Jonathan Cape
setIn Mumbai
surface form: Bombay

Cochin
India
timeSpan four generations

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Salman Rushdie notableWork The Moor's Last Sigh
Salman notableWork The Moor's Last Sigh
subject surface form: Salman Rushdie
The Ground Beneath Her Feet precededBy The Moor's Last Sigh