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The Moor's Last Sigh is the fifth novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 1995. It is set in the Indian cities of Bombay and Cochin. Title and influences. The title is taken from the story of Boabdil, the last Moorish king of Granada, who is also mentioned frequently in the book.
- Salman Rushdie
- 1995
In “The Moor’s Last Sigh,” Salman Rushdie explores the complexities of love and relationships through the lens of a dysfunctional family. The protagonist, Moraes Zogoiby, is the product of a tumultuous marriage between a Portuguese mother and an Indian father.
Jan 1, 2001 · The Moor's Last Sigh is Rushdie's best book since Midnight's Children and is superior to The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Rushdie puts his spin on the multi-generational family novel.
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What do the key historical events referred to by the narrator--the Spanish reconquista of Granada and the expulsion of the Moors, the founding of the spice trade between Europe and India, Portuguese colonial expansion, political events of twentieth-century India--have to do with the story of the Zogoiby and da Gama families?
Jan 14, 1997 · Salmon Rushdie’s The Moor’s Last Sigh is a heady, sensual, wordy, moving, funny, wonderful book. It does for the English language what Joyce’s Ulysses did over a century ago, expanding our vocabulary and consequently our ability to perceive and describe the world and ourselves.
One of the signature features of Rushdie's exuberant approach to characterization is his choice of names. At the beginning of his career in 1983, two years after the publication of the ground ...
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One Sentence Summary. A sweeping family saga in which the last surviving member recounts the turbulent history of his eccentric lineage and their connections to art, love, and political unrest in India.
