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The Moor's Last Sigh (Proshchalny Vzdokh Mavra)
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Morais Zogoiby, nicknamed the Moor, tells a family story, interweaving tales of modern India, where fiction and truth intertwine, but the author's unbridled imagination reigns supreme. The saga of the da Gama-Zogoiby family, of curses and hatred, of mad passion, of criminal inclinations and a craving for beauty, is interspersed with monologues from the protagonist devoted to art, religious fanaticism, national traditions, and, of course, love.
Publisher: AST
Weight: 642
Age restrictions: 16+
Author: Salman Rushdi
Circulation: 4000
Size: 21.6x14.7x5
Book series: Complete Salman Rushdie (Ves Salman Rushdi)
Cover: Hardcover
Language: Russian
Pages: 592
Publication year: 2023
ISBN: 978-5-17-160000-6
ISBN (Barcode): 9785171600006
Meet The Author
Salman Rushdi
Ahmed Salman Rushdie (English: Ahmed Salman Rushdie — Salman Rushdie, Urdu أحمد سلمان رشدی, Hindi अहमद सलमान रश्दी) is a British writer of Indian origin and a winner of the Booker Prize (1981). Critics classify him as a magical realist.
He was born and raised in Bombay (modern-day Mumbai) in the family of a prosperous businessman. At the age of 14 he went to study in England, where he later studied history at Cambridge. He worked in the theater and then as a journalist. In 1964 he received British citizenship.
Salman Rushdie’s debut novel, “Grimus,” in the genre of semi-science fiction, went un…
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