Luka and the Fire of Life : A Novel (Paperback)

from doggonelaura

Alice meets a video game. Pleasant, but as said in another review, not compelling. Luka's impassioned speech at the near end--the best part of the book.

from fitakyre

Haroun and the Sea of Stories was my very first Rushdie book, and I have come to fall in love with his work. Haroun is very different from his other novels though, and Luka continues in the same vein as Haroun. I think nobody expected Luka to be as great as Haroun, so the end result is a very ent...

from aziz_zabidi

Fantasi Salman Rushdie dalam Luka and The Fire Of Life ialah fantasi seorang tukang cerita yang cuba menanamkan kepada pembaca-pembacanya terutama pembaca muda bahawa dunia tanpa cerita ialah dunia kosong yang harus dilawan habis-habisan.Dengan menggabungkan fantasi moden (melalui penggunaan unsu...

from kaipakartik

I liked this book. It feels a bit light when compared to Rushdie's earlier works but it's good nonetheless. Rushdie draws from various mythologies and melds it into one cohesive whole. A sort of modern day fairytale it concerns Luka's quest to save his father from death by stealing the fire of li...

from bibliophyte

This is a deliciously written book with a story you can sink into and drift along on. It is rich with mythological figures and tales, as well as many original characters directly from the author's imagination. Luka and the Fire of Life is whimsical and dreamy, even recalling Alice in Wonderland a...