31 October,2010 11:43 AM IST | | Fiona Fernandez
Fresh off his recent release for teens, Luka and the Fire of Life, modern-day maestro of fable writing, Salman Rushdie is expected in India, early next year
Come November 16, the literary world will witness a hullabaloo when Salman Rushdie's twelfth fiction novel, Luka and the Fire of Life hits bookstores. To add to the hype, India's fanbase can whistle once more. We hear that the great storyteller might actually be India in January 2011.
The sequel is the story of Haroun's brother Luka, and was written as a birthday gift for Rushdie's second son, Milan.
The book follows the eponymous hero from his hometown of Kahani in the land of Alifbay to the Magic World. Luka's father, Rashid Khalifa has inexplicably fallen into a deep sleep and can't be awakened unless Luka steals the Fire of Life.
It's a dangerous, obstacle-ridden course involving a smorgasbord of hurdles including encounters with Magical Chameleons, Elephant Ducks and Drakes, King of Horses, and a princess on a flying carpet. His animal companions include a dog named Bear, and a bear named Dog.
Debuts In: January 2011