Two years eight months and twenty-eight nights

By Salman Rushdie

Subjects: Imaginary wars and battles, Fiction, fantasy, contemporary, Good and evil, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction, General, FICTION / Literary, New York Times bestseller, Fantasy, Literary, Magic -- Fiction, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2015-09-27, Good and evil -- Fiction, Magic, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Jinn, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Arabian nights, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Jinn -- Fiction

Description: "From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding novel that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush modern fairytale in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling" -- Provided by publisher. "Once upon a time, in a world just like ours, there came "the time of the strangenesses." Reason receded and the loudest, most illiberal voices reigned. A simple gardener began to levitate, and a powerful djinn -- also known as the Princess of Fairyland -- raised an army composed entirely of her semi-magical great-great-great-grandchildren. A baby was born with the ability to see corruption in the faces of others. The ghosts of two philosophers, long dead, began arguing once more. And a battle for the kingdom of Fairyland was waged throughout our world for 1,001 nights -- or, to be more precise, for two years, eight months, and twenty-eight nights. Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a masterful, playfully enchanting meditation on the power of love and the importance of rationality, replete with flying carpets and dynastic intrigue" -- Provided by publisher.