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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
by Salman Rushdie
Rushdie draws heavy inspiration from the tales of Scheherazade and the 1001 Arabian Nights. In this book, a world full of magic and wonder collides with the modern world which on some level aims for rational truths.
The story goes that a portal between the worlds of Djinn (genies) and humans have reopened after laying dormant for several centuries. As a result, Djinns of all levels of moral persuasions reentered the earth to jockey for control over its fate.
There are several themes in this book which readers of Rushdie will be familiar, such as his disdain for religious dogmatism, epistemic arguments over the nature of truth, etc. In short, the book is a love letter to both atheism and rational thought. If you can't contend with those ideas, then this book is not for you. More importantly, Rushdie is most likely not your man.
The story goes that a portal between the worlds of Djinn (genies) and humans have reopened after laying dormant for several centuries. As a result, Djinns of all levels of moral persuasions reentered the earth to jockey for control over its fate.
There are several themes in this book which readers of Rushdie will be familiar, such as his disdain for religious dogmatism, epistemic arguments over the nature of truth, etc. In short, the book is a love letter to both atheism and rational thought. If you can't contend with those ideas, then this book is not for you. More importantly, Rushdie is most likely not your man.