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.

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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 ⓘ
Penguin Books ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Salman Rushdie → notableWork → Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ
Salman → notableWork → Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ
subject surface form: Salman Rushdie
The Moor's Last Sigh → precededBy → Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ