Haroun and the Sea of Stories Book Design
Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children’s book by British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie. A contemporary fable that serves as an allegory for problems that Rushdie sees as existing in the Indian subcontinent, Haroun and the Sea of Stories focuses on a young boy, Haroun, who father is a legendary storyteller. When his father suddenly loses his ability to tell stories, Haroun heads out on an epic and surreal adventure that takes him through many strange realms until he confronts the villain who stole his father’s creativity. The book, Rushdie’s next work after The Satanic Verses, focuses primarily on the theme of censorship, a topic that was close to Rushdie’s heart after the fatwa, a call for Muslims to kill Rushdie resulting from the publication of The Satanic Verses, that sent him into hiding. The book is dedicated to Rushdie’s son, who he was separated from while in hiding, and has been adapted into an audiobook narrated personally by Rushdie.
