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5 de dic. de 2010 · Eric writes: This book is about a young boy called Luka who is trying to save his father by stealing the Fire of Life. His father, Rashid, has gone into a deep sleep. His life force is being taken ...
16 de nov. de 2010 · This stand-alone sequel to HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES tells the tall tale of 12-year-old Luka in the Nether World, a fantastical realm once visited by his brother, Haroun. Luka is on a quest to rescue his dying father from perpetual sleep and faces nine impossible challenges, all of which must be overcome if he is to steal the Fire of Life.
Luka and the Fire of Life Salman Rushdie, Random, $25 (240p) ISBN 978-0-679-46336-8. Rushdie unleashes his imagination on an alternate world informed by the surreal logic of video games, but the ...
16 de nov. de 2010 · When his father falls into a threateningly deep slumber, then, it comes as no surprise that Luka’s quest to steal the Fire of Life is couched as a video game complete with nine levels and 999 lives.
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
Water is everyone’s favorite. And when they call it the Fountain of Life!—bah!—well, that just bugs me to bits.” The Fire Bug dissolved briefly into a little cloud of angry, buzzing sparks, then came together again. “Fountain of Life, indeed,” it hissed. “What an idea. Life is not a drip. Life is a flame.
Summary. On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka's storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka must embark on a journey through the Magic ...
