a novel Rushdie, Salman. creator text festschrift Fantasy fiction. Love stories. ii India Penguin books 2015 First edition. monographic

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290 pages ; 25 cm "From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding novel that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush modern fairytale in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling"-- "Once upon a time, in a world just like ours, there came "the time of the strangenesses." Reason receded and the loudest, most illiberal voices reigned. A simple gardener began to levitate, and a powerful djinn -- also known as the Princess of Fairyland -- raised an army composed entirely of her semi-magical great-great-great-grandchildren. A baby was born with the ability to see corruption in the faces of others. The ghosts of two philosophers, long dead, began arguing once more. And a battle for the kingdom of Fairyland was waged throughout our world for 1,001 nights -- or, to be more precise, for two years, eight months, and twenty-eight nights. Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a masterful, playfully enchanting meditation on the power of love and the importance of rationality, replete with flying carpets and dynastic intrigue"-- Salman Rushdie. school SAC Jinn Fiction Magic Fiction FICTION / Literary FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology 823.914 2015 FIC019000 FIC010000 9780812998917 (cloth : acid-free paper) 9780812998917.jpg 9780812998917.jpg DLC 220303 20220701011103.0 eng