Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, (Paperback)

from dbsovereign

This is the bizarre, magically realistic tale of two worlds and how they became one. In the process Rushdie shows us the absurd glue that seems to bind us and keep us apart. Or, to put it another way: He fashions a world where "I Dream of Jeanie" meets _The Iliad_.

from rab1953

In this artful and amusing book, Salman Rushie combines a clever riff on the Arabic 1001 Nights tales with a harsh critical look at both Islamic and Euro-American ideological narrowmindedness. The story is first of all an amusing literary recreation of the 1001 Nights in modern times. Here the ji...

from Opinionated

Personally I blame David Mitchell. This idea of incorporating elements of fantasy into literary fiction can work really well. But it seems that every book I pick up these days is, to a greater or lesser extent, infected with fantasy or science fiction tropes. And I enjoy Mitchell's work, whilst s...

from Yggie

My friend recommended this book to me by saying it was too weird and fantasy-like for her. A blend of fantasy and literature, and based on the blurb perhaps some magical realism too? Sounded perfect to me! It started out promising, with jinns and jinnias and clever wordplay - and then it stayed ...

from ozzer

Reading Salman Rushdie is a little like listening to jazz. There is an underlying theme embellished with copious riffs and flourishes that may or may not be relevant to the theme. As with good jazz, the latter are repeated in multiple forms often with lyricism and humor. Rushdie's style with lang...