Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Moor's Last Sigh
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
30 posts | 23 read | 28 to read
"Time" Magazine's Best Book of the YearBooker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie combines a ferociously witty family saga with a surreally imagined and sometimes blasphemous chronicle of modern India and flavors the mixture with peppery soliloquies on art, ethnicity, religious fanaticism, and the terrifying power of love. Moraes "Moor" Zogoiby, the last surviving scion of a dynasty of Cochinese spice merchants and crime lords, is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As he travels a route that takes him from India to Spain, he leaves behind a tale of mad passions and volcanic family hatreds, of titanic matriarchs and their mesmerized offspring, of premature deaths and curses that strike beyond the grave. "Fierce, phantasmagorical...a huge, sprawling, exuberant novel."-- "New York Times"
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
quote
LitStephanie
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

Wow, Salman Rushdie, parricidal thoughts from a young child just eight pages in! Love it!

13 likes1 stack add
review
ponyflorist
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image
Pickpick

One of my most fave authors 🤪 honestly this guy is da reading bomb! 😁 meanwhile, how about the odds of two books in as many months including character on a plane with a taxidermied dog tho? 😁

ponyflorist anyone selling a taxidermied pooch? Asking for a friend.. 2y
Casmt 😂🤣 13mo
9 likes2 comments
blurb
KVanRead
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

📚The Moor‘s Last Sigh
🖋Toni Morrison
📺Mindhunter
🎤Metric
🎶Modern Love

#ManicMonday #LetterM

vivastory Excellent choices 👍 4y
JoScho Thanks for playing ♥️☺️ 4y
KVanRead @vivastory thx 😊 I saw you went with a Rushdie too - that one is still TBR for me. 4y
KVanRead @JoScho thx 👍🏽🥰 4y
16 likes4 comments
blurb
Billypar
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

Very excited to find this waiting for me in the mail today: thanks again for the giveaway @GatheringBooks ! 😃

GatheringBooks finally! glad it reached you. it is the distributor that sends the books out so it could take awhile. 🤣😂😭📚 5y
Billypar @GatheringBooks That's the great thing about book mail though- everyone waiting is both in the middle of a book already and likely has many others waiting on the shelves. I'm am excited about this particular one- it's been awhile since my last Rushdie, and it was his memoir, so looking forward to visiting one of his fictional worlds again! 5y
49 likes2 comments
quote
Naj
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image
quote
Naj
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image
quote
Naj
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image
blurb
Naj
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

#Adventrecommends Day 16

Rushdie's take on the multi-generational family saga. Funny, absurd, playful; with a mix of art, religion, politics,and crime. It's full of wordplay and little linguistic jokes, rhyming slang (weird, but I loved it) and Indian colloquialisms. As much as I love this book, it is not an easy read and took me a long time to read. Recommended if you're looking for a laugh and a challenging, but satisfying read.

@emilyrose_x

blurb
Doughtah
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

I‘ve been to either 7 or 9 countries (greece, russia, the us, mexico,brazil, china, the uk, and a couple others of the fantastical variety ;) )thru books this year :D i‘m interested in #2 #litworld2018gb @GatheringBooks

GatheringBooks great!! thanks for reposting! 🧚🏼‍♀️ 5y
Doughtah @GatheringBooks no worries! Thanks for hosting this event/giveaway! 😊 5y
8 likes2 comments
blurb
rockpools
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

I googled John Foxx to find out why I‘d never heard #runningacrossthinicewithtigers before. The man‘s only a book cover designer in his other life, under his other name of Dennis Leigh! Here‘s one of his.

#winterwonderland

CarolynM 👏👏👏 5y
LeahBergen Well, that‘s cool! 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Cool discovery! 5y
See All 11 Comments
Reggie Wow!!! Very nice!!! 5y
Cathythoughts This is stunning ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
Cinfhen Super cool 😎 and it‘s a Rushdie 😍 5y
Ruthiella Great connection! I‘d never heard of the singer or the song before either. 😀 5y
TrishB Well done 👍🏻 I know him in both lives 💕 5y
batsy That's very cool! And this is one of the Rushdies I couldn't stand 😂 5y
rockpools @batsy Soooo.... Just out of interest, which ones didn‘t you hate? I‘ve never read him. 5y
batsy I've only read two 🙂 This one I bailed on, The Satanic Verses I did for a Litsy buddy read and found it intriguing if frustrating 😁 5y
60 likes11 comments
blurb
Billypar
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

I have very much enjoyed the journeys I've taken via the #LitWorld2018GB challenge thus far! I've visited 20 countries - a little off my pace, but I have my December trips planned out so that I can meet my goal of 25 (visiting Zimbabwe and Ethiopia now).

My preference would be #5 The Moor's Last Sigh , but any of these are new to me and would be welcomed. Thanks for this generous giveaway @GatheringBooks ! 😃

GatheringBooks wonderful!!! :) 5y
30 likes1 comment
blurb
GatheringBooks
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

We are giving away 6 books for our Literary Voyage Around the World Reading Challenge. Just REPOST and share how many countries you visited this year through books and you automatically get a chance to win any of these titles. Guesstimate is fine! Open internationally. Indicate which book (#1 to #6) you prefer. Just tag @GatheringBooks and hashtag #LitWorld2018GB. Open until 15 December 2018! Do share! #BookGiveaway! #PayingItForward! #FreeBooks

blurb
GatheringBooks
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

Hey book tribe in Litsy, We are giving away 6 books for our Literary Voyage Around the World Reading Challenge. Just share how many countries you visited this year through books and you automatically get a chance to win any of these titles. Open internationally. Indicate which book (#1 to #6) you prefer. Just tag @GatheringBooks and hashtag #LitWorld2018GB. Open until 15 December 2018! Do share! #BookGiveaway! #PayingItForward! #FreeBooks

Lindy I‘ve visited 45 countries through books so far this year. @GatheringBooks , thanks for the giveaway opportunity! I‘d love to read 5y
gradcat @GatheringBooks, I‘d love to read “The Bone Sparrow,” and I thank you for your generosity. I only started keeping records of books read since I joined Litsy (about 1 month ago), so I can only think of 15 countries by memory. Hope you accept an estimate, 😂! #Litworld2018GB (edited) 5y
GatheringBooks @Lindy that is awesome, @Lindy ! would appreciate if you can repost, too! 45 countries is whoa!!! :) 5y
See All 6 Comments
GatheringBooks @gradcat an estimate is perfectly fine, too! awesome with the 15 countries! would appreciate if you can repost too! :) 5y
Cinfhen Love this idea!!! I will repost once I figure out my bookish travels xx 5y
julesG Thank you for this giveaway! I visited 16 actual countries on planet Earth. I think #2 would be the one I'm most interested in. Will repost right away. 5y
59 likes6 comments
blurb
sprainedbrain
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

May was such a busy month for us, with graduations, concerts, school trips, etc, and that‘s reflected in my low-for-me totals. Mainly audio as well, since I can listen on the go. 😃

13 books finished
4 ebooks & 9 audiobooks
5742 pages (including audio equivalent)
150 hours listened

My favorites are shown above. ❤️

Hoping for lots more reading time in June!

tammysue 👏🏻🙌🏻😀 6y
93 likes1 comment
review
BookwormM
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image
Mehso-so

#Reading1001 #Unpopularopinion #Readaroundtheworld #India

I have previously read and loved other works by Rushdie but for some reason this one fell flat for me by the last 100 pages I was hoping for it just to end and when it did end it was with a whimper not a bang.

This book has several things I normally love magical realism, non linear time line, play on words, family saga & historical back drop so I am at a loss as to why it wasn‘t a pick.

blurb
BookwormM
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

Not book related but how cool is this 50p celebrating public libraries

Pamwurtzler Extremely cool! 6y
29 likes1 comment
blurb
JenP
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

I‘m reading too many books at once 😬

Chili I‘m in the same boat. 6y
BekahB HA! That‘s one of my bad reading habits. I almost started another one last night, but I stopped and made myself pick up one of the books I‘m already reading. 😂 6y
ephemeralwaltz Same girl! 6y
See All 9 Comments
saresmoore Never! 6y
batsy Seeing that is giving me anxiety 😆 6y
JenP @batsy reading it is giving me anxiety 😂. Two of them are book club/group read books 6y
JenP @BekahB good for you! I wish I had stopped myself 😬 (edited) 6y
JenP @saresmoore enabler 😉 6y
saresmoore Always happy to help! 😬 6y
55 likes9 comments
blurb
Daisey
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

This week‘s audiobook is interesting and the writing is fantastic, but I‘m not quite sure what I think of the story yet.

#Reading1001 Book of the Month
#1001books #audiobook

GatheringBooks i own a copy of this book that i haven‘t read yet, forever languishing on my shelves 6y
Liz_M I do enjoy his writing style, but also usually need some kind of annotated guide. Have fun with this! 6y
Daisey @Liz_M Waited to reply until I made it through more of the book. I found the story interesting, but I‘m pretty sure I missed the deeper point. I think I may need to do some more reading about it as well as checking in on the Goodreads discussion. 6y
44 likes3 comments
review
sprainedbrain
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image
Pickpick

For me, this book is pretty much perfect. A detailed multi-generational family saga, beautifully written, with magical realism, a little humor, and a lot of intelligence. Once I started on it, I couldn‘t really make time for any other books. This was my first Rushdie, and now I‘m looking forward to reading his other books from the #1001books list.

I highly recommend this audio version—Sunil Malhorta‘s narration is fantastic.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

mrozzz Looks good! (edited) 6y
Daisey I found this audio version through the library today and was debating whether to try and listen for this month. You helped me decide. 6y
arubabookwoman Can‘t decide whether this one or Midnight‘s Children is my favorite Rushdie. 6y
See All 6 Comments
sprainedbrain @Daisey yay! Hope you like it. 😃 6y
sprainedbrain @arubabookwoman I‘m really looking forward to Midnight‘s Children! 6y
Suet624 I‘m embarrassed to say I didn‘t even know about this book. Stacked! 6y
122 likes8 stack adds6 comments
blurb
KellyHunsakerReads
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

Listening to #Rushdie for #Reading1001 Goodreads group. He writing is delicious.
#1001books

sprainedbrain Isn‘t the audio great? I‘m loving it, and can‘t believe how many times I have laughed out loud. 6y
vivastory I loved this one. I feel like it's really overlooked. 6y
KellyHunsakerReads @sprainedbrain I think I need to try again. It really blew right over my head. 6y
KellyHunsakerReads @vivastory I struggled to follow. I may need to try again in a few months. 6y
18 likes1 stack add4 comments
blurb
sprainedbrain
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

What a difference a week makes... since I last took this trail it‘s gotten very green. Spring has finally sprung, just in time for our first 80+ degree days. 😂

I don‘t know what I was expecting from my first Rushdie, but this book is so entertaining! The narration is perfect so far.

arubabookwoman One of my favorite books! 6y
Susanita Freezing to roasting in two days! 6y
sprainedbrain @Susanita the weather is just a delight. If you don‘t like it, you just have to wait a few minutes. 😂 6y
117 likes3 stack adds3 comments
blurb
GatheringBooks
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

More book giveaways for the #LitWorld2018GB Literary Voyage Around the World Reading Challenge - monthly prizes to be won, open internationally, to be announced quarterly. Do sign up, fellow bibliophiles- let‘s take a trip around the world in books! https://gatheringbooks.org/literary-voyage-around-the-world-reading-challenge-20...

BookishMe Will post my vagabond TBR, for the first quarter soon! So exciting to compile the titles ;D 6y
BellaBookNook Since I am horrible at TBRs, I will not post one on my blog but I will announce each book as I choose them and share my reviews. I‘ve also decided to read from books I own and haven‘t read. When I look at the list, I‘m impressed and embarrassed! 😊 I can‘t wait to start! (edited) 6y
BellaBookNook @BookishMe I look forward to sharing recs. 6y
See All 6 Comments
BookishMe @BellaBookNook I get distracted from TBRs too (been tempted to delete entire To- Read from GR ;)) but the reading plans for 2018 had me examining the TBR to pick the neglected titles ;D hope you find something interesting in the posted lists 😊😊 6y
GatheringBooks @BookishMe very eager to know what titles you are planning to read this year! :) 6y
GatheringBooks @BellaBookNook planning the same thing about reading books i already have in my shelves! exciting!!! :) 6y
31 likes6 comments
review
vivastory
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image
Pickpick

In writing about Gunter Grass' "The Tin Drum," Rushdie said, "This is what Grass's great novel said to me in its drumbeats: Go for broke. Always try and do too much." Rushdie's novel is an ambitious family saga, a historical fiction and stunning magical realism. The language crackles and blazes. Rich with wordplay and fierce with indignation. It is a demanding and immensely rewarding work.

Moray_Reads I never thought about the influence of Grass on Rushdie and now it is so obvious! Thanks for this 7y
vivastory @Moray_Reads I almost feel like terms like magical realist somehow miss the mark with Grass & Rushdie. Seem to fall short of what they were doing. 7y
24 likes2 comments
quote
vivastory
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

quote
vivastory
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

blurb
vivastory
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

#currentlyreading
Supposedly one of his most overlooked works.

KVanRead I loved this one. 7y
vivastory @KVanRead what are your favorite Rushdie books? 7y
KVanRead Actually this is the only one I've read so far. 😳 All the rest are still TBR... do you have any recommendations? 7y
vivastory @KVanRead I have only read "Satanic Verses" which I am going to reread soon. I have heard positive things about "Midnight's Children" & "Grimus." 7y
14 likes4 comments
blurb
KVanRead
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

#TBT This time last year I was reading this crazy, beautiful book by the frighteningly talented Salman Rushdie and loving it. I definitely need to read more of his!

42 likes2 stack adds
blurb
Anitta
Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

A playful novel, epic in scope, oozing black humor and extravagant puns. Rushdie created an ornate universe inhabited by characters with #bestcharactername Moraes Zogoiby and his mother Aurora.
#booktober

KVanRead Loved this book! 7y
23 likes1 stack add1 comment
blurb
Book_Gnome
The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie
post image

Opening line: "I have lost count of the days that have passed since I fled the horrors of Vasco Miranda's mad fortress in the Andalusian mountain-village of Benengeli; ran from death under cover of darkness and left a message nailed to the door."
#bookgnome #themoorslastsigh #salmanrushdie