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Library Journal Review

LJ's review of the English edition called Rushdie's latest novel his "best work in years" (LJ 12/95). Combining metaphor and history, this powerful, complex saga set in India covers several generations whose colorful family members trace their ancestry to Portuguese-Jewish spice-ship explorers. The spice trade brings prosperity to the families but also violent squabbles over inheritance and religious and cultural traditions. Rushdie's enchanting novel is hard to put down. Recommended for public and academic libraries.‘Rafael M. Gonzalez (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Salman Rushdie was born in India on June 19, 1947. He was raised in Pakistan and educated in England. His novels include Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, and The Golden House. His non-fiction works include Joseph Anton, Imaginary Homelands, The Jaguar Smile, and Step across This Line. He also wrote a collection of short stories entitled East, West. He has received numerous awards including the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel twice, the James Tait Black Prize, the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children, and the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize.

(Bowker Author Biography)