Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

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"Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights" is a 2015 fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism, mythology, and contemporary politics in a tale about jinns and a centuries-long "war of the worlds."

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instanceOf magical realism novel
novel
author Salman Rushdie
awarded Best Fiction at 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (shortlisted)
centralTheme power of storytelling
reason versus faith
war between jinn and humans
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtist Noma Bar
explores philosophical ideas of Averroes
featuresCharacter Dunia
Duniazat
Ibn Rushd
linked to: Averroes
followedBy The Golden House
follows Luka and the Fire of Life
genre fantasy
magical realism
political fiction
speculative fiction
hasElement contemporary politics
jinn
mythology
supernatural events
hasForm hardcover
paperback
hasISBN 978-0-8129-9713-1
978-1-101-87487-1
inspiredBy One Thousand and One Nights
linked to: The Arabian Nights
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
narrativeStyle frame narrative
pageCount 304
partOf Salman Rushdie bibliography
publicationDate 2015
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Jonathan Cape
Random House
setIn New York City
near future
timeSpanInTitle 1001 nights
titleAlludesTo 1001 nights
linked to: The Arabian Nights

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Salman Rushdie bibliography includesWork Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
The Golden House followsInCareer Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights