Luka and the Fire of Life
Ratings6
Average rating3.3
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Ratings6
Average rating3.3
This breathtaking new novel centers on Luka, Haroun’s younger brother, who must save his father from certain doom. For Rashid Khalifa, the legendary storyteller of Kahani, has fallen into deep sleep from which no one can wake him. To keep his father from slipping away entirely, Luka must travel to the Magic World and steal the ever-burning Fire of Life. Thus begins a quest replete with unlikely creatures, strange alliances, and seemingly insurmountable challenges as Luka and an assortment of enchanted companions race through peril after peril, pass through the land of the Badly Behaved Gods, and reach the Fire itself, where Luka’s fate, and that of his father, will be decided.
Filled with mischievous wordplay and delving into themes as universal as the power of filial love and the meaning of mortality, *Luka and the Fire of Life* is a book of wonders for all ages.
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This is a lovely story with broad appeal, but it'll be a little bit more fun for gaming geeks and a lot more fun for gaming geeks who understand Hindi.
I had high hopes for this book. I remember reading Haroun and the Sea of Stories in high school and loving it. The sequel falls flat. It has it's moments. I would have preferred rushdie expand on many of the little stories instead of the bigger one. He has great ideas, but the book just didn't feel right. It felt as if his publisher asked him to write a sequel and his heart wasn't in it.
