Haroun and the Sea of Stories

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children's book fantasy novel novel

Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that follows a boy’s quest to restore his storyteller father’s lost gift of storytelling in a richly allegorical, imaginative world.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children's book → fantasy novel → novel →
adaptation	radio adaptation → stage adaptation →
author	Salman Rushdie →
awardReceived	1991 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book) – France →
character	Blabbermouth → Butt the Hoopoe → General Kitab → Iff the Water Genie → Khattam-Shud → King Chattergy → Mali the Floating Gardener → Mr Sengupta → Prince Bolo → Princess Batcheat → Rashid Khalifa → Soraya Khalifa →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
dedicatedTo	Zafar Rushdie →
genre	allegory → fantasy → magic realism →
hasMotif	journey quest → silencing of voices → story water →
hasSequel	Luka and the Fire of Life →
inspiredBy	fatwa against Salman Rushdie →
language	English →
literaryForm	allegorical tale →
mainCharacter	Haroun Khalifa →
narrativePerspective	third-person →
protagonist	Haroun Khalifa →
publicationYear	1990 →
publisher	Granta Books → Viking Penguin →
setting	Moon Kahani → Sea of Stories → fictional city of Alifbay →
targetAudience	children → general readers → young adults →
theme	censorship → freedom of speech → imagination → politics and authoritarianism → power of storytelling →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Salman Rushdie → Salman Rushdie →	notableWork
The Moor's Last Sigh →	precededBy