What do we do when the world's walls - its family structures, its value-systems, its political forms - crumble? The central character of this novel, 'Moor' Zogoiby, only son of a wealthy, artistic-bohemian Bombay family , finds himself at such a moment of crisis. His mother, a famous painter and an emotional despot, worships beauty, but Moor is ugly, he has a deformed hand. Moor falls in love, with a married woman; when their secret is revealed, both are expelled: a suicide pact is proposed, but only the woman dies. Moor chooses to accept his fate, plunges, into a life of depravity in Bombay, then leaves for London where he becomes embroiled in a major financial scandal. The novel ends in Spain, in the studio of a painter who was the lover of Moor's mother: in a violent climax Moor has, once more, to decide whether to save the life of his lover by sacrificing his own.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9780224038140
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91213747
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Moor's Last Sigh
Author
Salman Rushdie
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1995
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
245mm
Item Width
160mm
Item Weight
855g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Salman Rushdie
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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