From Haroun and the Sea of Stories: (Penguin Petit)

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited, Jan 19, 2017 - Fiction - 10 pages
Haroun's father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in the sad sad city of Alfibay. He juggles a million stories without a single mistake, and Haroun grows up in a home with a song on his mother’s lips, and a story on his father's. But whenever he asks where his stories come from, his father would stick his thumb between his lips and say glug glug glug – it comes from a secret invisible tap. One day, Haroun's fathers stories all dry up – he opens his mouth, and no stories come out. Can Haroun bring back his fathers tales? Written with Salman Rushdie's trademark wit and rich prose, this short slice of his classic children's tale Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a delight for all.

About the author (2017)

Salman Rushdie is the author of eleven previous novels—including Midnight’s Children for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker—one collection of short stories, four works of non-fiction, and has co-edited two anthologies. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.

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