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Summary: Love Rushdie? Read Mulish!
Review: A reader from Chicago wrote that he or she couldn't "put The Moor's last Sigh' down! From the moment I started this book, I was glued to it. I actively seek books by Salman Rushdie or other authors who have mastered the mix of history and fantasy."In this case I can't stop myself recommending the acclaimed Harry Mulish, writer of The Discovery of Heaven and, his most recent book, The Procedure.
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Summary: Another Booker Prize?
Review: Rushdie has written a wonderful follow up to Midnight's Children. Similar in its approach of family history, supernatural "hero"/narrator and entwining Indian history, the story races irrevocably to its climax ( a hint in the family lineage on the first page ). This reader was unable to put it down.
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Summary: Read
Review: I heartily agree with the previous reviewer who wrote that this book reminded him of "The Tin Drum." The back cover summary should read: Oskar goes to India and ages twice as fast instead of refusing to grow. Originality, however, is a difficult thing (I'm not even sure how original Gunter Grass was in writing The Tin Drum); but, I have to say that "The Moor's Last Sigh" was worth reading but read "The Tin Drum" first.
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Summary: India rages against itself: The corrupt vs. the fanatical
Review: A wonderful, fantastic successor to Rushdie's great 'Midnight's Children' - which richly deserved its Booker of Bookers. All that is great and terrible, good and evil, rich and poor, sane and mad about India is represented herein - in a massive struggle of national proportions, great forces at work under the surface of an often violent and destructive society, all within the context of an absurd, hilarious, pathetic, wonderful family history. The descendants of the last Moors of Spain; Cochin Jews; Portuguese spice merchants; British colonial loyalists; followers of Nehru and Ghandi, Hindus, Muslims and Christians; artists, religious fanatics, crime lords, bankers and paramilitary gangs; all churned together in a hellish mix, contending and pretending. Rushdie be praised - he has once again written the impossible - the story of India. To the question: what stands against the forces of religious intolerance and fanaticism, the reply is made "only the forces of corruption". No wonder the legacy of human misery in India runs so wide and so deep - and shows no signs of relent.
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Summary: Mr.Rushdie paints a haunting picture
Review: Mr.Rushdie's command over the language is once again exhibited in "The Moor's...". However, at times I feel he's created some characters that are too far removed from reality for plausibility. To create an extraordinary persona, it is not essential to resort to creation of freaks of nature. The story, on the other hand, glides on smoothly and even these characters seem human, palatable. It is a wonderful commentary on the degeneration of modern India aptly displayed in the form of Moor. All in all, it is dificult book to put down. A sterling effort.
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Summary: The Book Dies When The Hero Is Born
Review: I loved the opening chapters. I was held spellbound by the glorious language, the joyous avalanche of words and colors and smells and tastes and sensations. Then the hero is born, and it turns into a knockoff of The Tin Drum. What a disappointment.
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Summary: A powerful and moving story
Review: I have read many of Rushdie's books and I believe that this is my favorite. It is a slow read but well worth the effort. Rushdie use of the English language is masterful and a work of art in itself.
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Summary: Crap that is too clever, by far.
Review: Perhaps the critics enjoy this clever wordplay but I think the majority of us prefer a well-told story. This is not a well-told story and I, for one, would not waste a fatwa on this pretentious author.
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Summary: Couldn't put this book down!
Review: From the moment I started this book, I was glued to it. I actively seek books by Salman Rushdie or other authors who have mastered the mix of history and fantasy.
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Summary: if I could I wouldn't give it any star at all
Review: I usually read a book in a week tops, this book took me over one year (believe it or not) to finish, and I only persisted out of stubborness... This is simply the most boring and the dullest book of all times. The story is furthermore so complicated to read, one loses track of the family all the time. The story was slow and badly written, I cannot believe the author has such fame...
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