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 ⓘ