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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
by Salman Rushdie
Two years, eight months and twenty-eight nights is, of course, 1001 nights and we all know about the 1001 tales of the Arabian Nights. At the very least we know Aladdin and Sinbad and Scheherazade and Ali Baba. Rushdie gives us 1001 as a magic number that many things are cycled within, and he gives us the djinn. Most especially he gives us a djinnia (don't ask me the correct spelling - I listened to this on audio) who fell in love with an amazing mathematician way back when, and became a young woman who cohabited with him and produced a large number of descendants.
This book is fascinating and fun. I love Rushdie's manner of speech and his cleverness. And the narrator is excellent.
This book is fascinating and fun. I love Rushdie's manner of speech and his cleverness. And the narrator is excellent.