May 31, 2010
#7 - Haroun And The Sea Of Stories by Salman Rushdie I once had a friend called Lou (sounds like the beginning of a limerick) who lent me an illustrated copy of this (doesn’t sound like a limerick any more) which I never read. She kept on telling me how great it was and I never listened. We’re no longer in touch with each other (but I can’t blame the book for that). Anyways, I picked up Rushdie’s foray into the world of children’s fiction in a charity shop earlier this year and finished it off in pretty short order (it is a children’s book after all). It’s a lovely book about the adventures of Haroun as he journeys to save the Sea of Stories. Rushdie’s command of the English language is as evident as ever - the descriptions are vivid and his dialogue positively crackles with energy and inventiveness. By turns Mamet and Dahl this is a story I will be reading to my son sometime soon. It’s also a powerful indictment of a world in which writers can be threatened but for the most part (thankfully) never silenced and adults too should enjoy it.

#7 - Haroun And The Sea Of Stories by Salman Rushdie

I once had a friend called Lou (sounds like the beginning of a limerick) who lent me an illustrated copy of this (doesn’t sound like a limerick any more) which I never read. She kept on telling me how great it was and I never listened. We’re no longer in touch with each other (but I can’t blame the book for that).

Anyways, I picked up Rushdie’s foray into the world of children’s fiction in a charity shop earlier this year and finished it off in pretty short order (it is a children’s book after all).

It’s a lovely book about the adventures of Haroun as he journeys to save the Sea of Stories. Rushdie’s command of the English language is as evident as ever - the descriptions are vivid and his dialogue positively crackles with energy and inventiveness. By turns Mamet and Dahl this is a story I will be reading to my son sometime soon.

It’s also a powerful indictment of a world in which writers can be threatened but for the most part (thankfully) never silenced and adults too should enjoy it.

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