The Moor's Last Sigh
bySalman Rushdie
Moraes 'Moor' Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him on a route that takes him from India to Spain, he spins his labyrinthine family tale of mad passions and volcanic family hatreds. But does the India of his parents - populated by extravagant artists, piratical gatekeepers and mysterious lost paintings - still exist? And will he ever discover what became of his fiery and tempestuous mother? Moraes' epic quest to uncover the truth of the past is a love story to a vanishing world, and also its last hurrah.
Language
en
Published on
07/04/1996
Pages
448
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780099592419
Who is this book for? Readers interested in complex family sagas and explorations of identity and culture.
Topics FamilyIdentityLove
MoodReflective, Melancholic
RomanceMajor Subplot
ViolenceModerate
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
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