Salman RushdieLuka and the Fire of Life: A Novel

Magical story with a dollop of magic everywhere. My kids loved it. Rushdie, you are too great to be real. You are nobodaddy.

Amazing Book written by a Great writer. In this book Salman Rushadie will take you to the world of magic and you can actually imagine everything in front of you the river of wisdom, mountain of knowledge. It another great story by our Shah of Blah !!!!

It is a great book in which Rushdie creates a great fictional world and exhibits the great dexterity in the use of language

Product is good

Its the story of luka, haroun's younger more modern brother. Rushdie tries to create the magic of his old book, but falls short. The book fails to excite and hardly entertains. There is no hidden context or splendid meaning in the book.

A really great book.Loved it.The first time you read it, you appreciate the storyline and the imagination of the writer. The second time you read it, you appreciate the reation of stories and reality.The stody answers it's own question 'What's the use of stories that aren't even true?'

Thought I was buying a new book!! This copy is not. It will do, though.

Book meant for young readers

It has been over two decades since I have read Haroun and the Sea of Stories, but its beautiful imagery and wordplay remains with me. When I came to Luka and the Fire of Life, I chose to read it to my youngest son (7). The playful language of Rushdie entertained him and he would hook onto little things like King Solomon's Flying Carpet and names of characters like Ratshit, Bear the dog, Dog the Bear, and Capitan Aag with the enthusiasm of a seven-year-old. The story itself involved grand adventures to save a father and his world of stories by scaling the Mountain of Knowledge to find the Fire of Life. He needed to battle authority after authority to find life. His greatest ally was the Queen of disrespect, the Insultana of Ott. These battles culminate in a happy ending where the Shah of Blah is saved from certain death. The journey there fills you with amusement and sentimentality over the passing away of our worlds. Rushdie tries to reconcile us with our mortal fate, and I found his effort noble. That nobility made Luka and the Fire of Life a triumph on this side of the vale of tears, and we should be grateful for such poetry. He offers this salve for mortality in a story that engages a young mind with a range of some of the most engaging myths of human history.

excellent livre pour les jeunes ados et les autres.livraison parfaite, depuis les US, pour 3,5 ...livre compris en excellent état !!!

whi9le enjoyed this story, it did not compare to the previous story haroun and the sea of stories. also, you should read that one before this one or it will not make as much sense

Eine herrliche Geschichte für jung und alt. Ich habe es gar nicht mehr aus der Hand legen können und kann dieses Buch wirklich nur empfehlen.

I can't wait until my kids are a little older so that I can read this to them.The story is very accessible for kids (age say 10 onwards) yet the writing is as beautiful and artful as any other Rushdie work - a pleasure to read, gentle humour throughout, I really got the sense the author had a lot of fun writing this. I certainly had fun reading it. Recommend this as a good gentle introduction to Rushdie if the bigger works seem to intimidating.