Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
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"Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights" is a 2015 fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism, mythology, and contemporary politics in a tale about jinns and a centuries-long "war of the worlds."
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
magical realism novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Best Fiction at 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (shortlisted) ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
power of storytelling
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reason versus faith ⓘ war between jinn and humans ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Noma Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores | philosophical ideas of Averroes ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dunia
NERFINISHED
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Duniazat NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Rushd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Golden House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Luka and the Fire of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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magical realism ⓘ political fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasElement |
contemporary politics
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jinn ⓘ mythology ⓘ supernatural events ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN |
978-0-8129-9713-1
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978-1-101-87487-1 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | One Thousand and One Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | frame narrative ⓘ |
| pageCount | 304 ⓘ |
| partOf | Salman Rushdie bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
New York City
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near future ⓘ |
| timeSpanInTitle | 1001 nights ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | 1001 nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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