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Sites about The Moor’s Last Sigh

by Salman Rushdie

This is the story of Moraes Zogoiby, the son of a merchant and an artist in Bombay. His family lives an exotic life, and he ages at twice the usual rate.

Characters: Moraes Zogoiby, Aurora, Ina, Minnie, Mynah, Abraham

Critical sites about The Moor’s Last Sigh

Acid in the Nation’s Bloodstream: Satire, Violence, and the Indian Body Politic in Salman Rushdie’s The Moor’s Last Sigh

http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/IFR/bin/get.cgi?directory=Vol.27/&filename=Ball.htm

“This paper draws on Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of satire and the grotesque to show how generic strategies work in tandem with political ideas in The Moor’s Last Sigh. “

Contains: Content Analysis

Author: John Clement Ball

From: International Fiction Review 2000; 27 no. 1-2:37-47

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Longing for Love: Salman Rushdie emerges from internal exile with a baroque saga of a Portuguese merchant family in southern India.

http://205.178.185.71/subscribers/1996/May/HOWMOOR.cfm

This essay, written by a college professor, explores the themes of magic, love, tragedy & comedy, and darkness and light in The Moor’s Last Sigh

Contains: Content Analysis, Character Analysis, Plot Summary

Author: Edward Hower

From: The World and I May 1996

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Other (non-critical) sites about The Moor’s Last Sigh

Reading Group Guide: The Moor’s Last Sigh

http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/moor/

“The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your group’s reading of Salman Rushdie’s The Moor’s Last Sigh.” Contains a number of useful questions.

Contains: Content Analysis

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The SALON Interview: Salman Rushdie

http://www.salon.com/06/features/interview.html

An interview with Salman Rushdie. “The great novelist talks about his stunning new book, “The Moor’s Last Sigh,” the stories that hold families together and the art of writing under sentence of death.”

Contains: Content Analysis

From: Salon Magazine 01/27/96

From: Salon Magazine 01/27/96

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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013