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16 de nov. de 2010 · Luka and the Fire of Life. Hardcover – Deckle Edge, November 16, 2010. Like all children about to set off on an adventure, Luka Khalifa is a special kid. For one thing, his father is the famed storyteller Rashid Khalifa, “the Shah of Blah,” “the Ocean of Notions.”. For another, Luka’s older brother, Haroun, had already had an ...
Filled with mischievous wordplay and delving into themes as universal as the power of filial love and the meaning of mortality, Luka and the Fire of Life is a book of wonders for all ages. Review "Rushdie’s 11th novel is a sequel to his charming 1990 fable Haroun and the Sea of Stories , written — as was its predecessor — for one of its author’s two sons.
16 de nov. de 2010 · When Rashid falls into a mysterious prolonged sleep (and hence a silence that raises memories of Rushdie’s own “silenced” life as a writer following the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini), everything Luka has ever learned tells him he must brave the dangers of the Magical World, steal the revivifying Fire of Life from the Mountain of Knowledge and restore his beloved dad to consciousness.
16 de nov. de 2010 · To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka embarks on a journey through the world of magic with his loyal companions, Bear, the dog, and Dog, the bear. Together they encounter a slew of fantastical creatures, strange allies, and challenging obstacles along the way—all in the hope of stealing the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly treacherous task.
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Luka now crosses into that World of Magic and sets out on the quest to bring the Fire of Life back to his father. The journey is of course full of bizarre happenings, obstacles and life-threatening dangers. Luckily, as in the Virtual Reality of computer games, Luka has a certain number of lives he can lose without being out of the game.
- Salman Rushdie
15 de oct. de 2010 · Luka and the Fire of Life zings along with a palpable sense of Otter-like excess: its exuberance is inextricably linked to its profligacy with puns, rhymes, one-liners and snippets of nonsense.
