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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Salman Rushdie