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His subsequent works include the incendiary \u003cem\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/em\u003e (1988), the enchanting children’s novel \u003cem\u003eHaroun and the Sea of Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, the lush \u003cem\u003eThe Moor’s Last Sigh\u003c\/em\u003e, and the memoir \u003cem\u003eJoseph Anton\u003c\/em\u003e. A fearless, visionary voice in world literature. Essential reading for every serious lover of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-eleventh-hour","title":"The Eleventh Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003eRushdie turns his extraordinary imagination to life’s final act with a quintet of stories that span the three countries in which he has made his work―India, England, and the US―and feature an unforgettable cast of characters.“In the South” introduces a pair of quarrelsome old men―Junior and Senior―and their private tragedy at a moment of national calamity. In “The Musician of Kahani”, a musical prodigy from the Mumbai neighborhood featured in Midnight’s Children uses her magical gifts to wreak devastation on the wealthy family she marries into. In “Late”, the ghost of a Cambridge don enlists the help of a lonely student to enact revenge upon the tormentor of his lifetime. “Oklahoma” plunges a young writer into a web of deceit and lies as he tries to figure out whether his mentor killed himself or faked his own death. And “The Old Man in the Piazza” is a powerful parable for our times about freedom of speech.Do we accommodate ourselves to death, or rail against it? Do we spend our “eleventh hour” in serenity or in rage? And how do we achieve fulfillment with our lives if we don’t know the end of our own stories? 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After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the Goddess, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga - literally 'victory city' -the wonder of the world.Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's, from its literal sowing out of a bag of magic seeds to its tragic ruination in the most human of ways: the hubris of those in power. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that the Goddess set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and Bisnaga is no exception. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestry - with Pampa Kampana at its centre.Brilliantly styled as a translation of an ancient epic, this is a saga of love, adventure and myth that is in itself a testament to the power of storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dusky's Shrine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46035797147705,"sku":"9780143472407","price":359.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3367\/0457\/files\/81tG5SM2NhL._SL1500_34a7eeb3-6c59-4bf5-bd9a-13c91f443539.jpg?v=1782813940"},{"product_id":"shalimar-the-clown","title":"Shalimar the Clown","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Rushdie's most engaging book since Midnight's Children' Observer Shalimar the Clown was once a figure full of love and laughter. His skill as a tightrope walker was legendary in his native home of Kashmir. 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