Strange things start to happen in the near future, as a hurricane hits New York City. A simple gardener discovers that his feet are no longer touching the ground. In his bedroom, a graphic novelist discovers a bizarre monster that resembles his own sub–Stan Lee invention. A baby left at the mayor's office recognizes dishonesty by her mere presence, leaving scars and sores on the guilty. A beguiling gold digger is quickly enlisted to fight powers beyond comprehension.
Unbeknownst to them, they are all descended from the jinn, who reside in a realm separated from ours by a curtain and are whimsical, fickle, and wanton beings. Dunia, a jinn princess, fell in love with a mortal man of reason centuries ago. They spawned an incredible number of children who dispersed over centuries in the human world, oblivious of their extraordinary abilities.
Dunia's children and others will play a role in an epic struggle between light and dark that will last a thousand and one nights—or two years, eight months, and twenty-eight nights—once the border between worlds is shattered on a huge scale. It's a period of great upheaval when beliefs are tested, words are poisonous, quiet is a sickness, and noise may conceal a secret curse.
Salman Rushdie's work is a masterpiece about the age-old tensions that still exist in today's society, and it is inspired by ancient 'wonder stories' from the East. Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights are caustic and bawdy, full of deception and foolishness, rivalries and betrayals, karma and kismet, rapture and redemption
SALMAN RUSHDIE'S BACKGROUND
Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen books, including Luka and the Fire of Life, Grimus, Midnight's Children (for which he received the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), and Luka and the Fire of Life. Haroun and the Sea of Stories; Shame; The Satanic Verses
The date is July 12, 2016, and the publisher is Random House Trade.
