Join UTK professor Urmila Seshagiri and "Zoom in" to discuss this classic work, HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES by Salman Rushdie. The event takes place on Wednesday May 20th @ 6pm on Zoom as Union Ave Books and University of Tennessee Humanities Center continue a new Public Books Masterclass series.
Step 1 - Purchase a Book: We encourage you to purchase a book to attend, but it is not required. Union Ave Books is offering curbside and home delivery of books, as well as $3.00 shipping at this time. You can order online at www.unionavebooks.com (book link at the bottom of THIS page), or call the store at 865-951-2180.
Step 2 - RSVP: RSVP for the online masterclass discussion at RSVP@unionavebooks.com and you will be sent a link to the Zoom discussion. Please note, attendance is limited to the first 250 people who log in to the Zoom link. The hosts cannot provide technical assistance for the online event and will not provide book refunds if the broadcast experiences technical difficulties.
About the Book
A captivating fantasy novel for readers of all ages, by the author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses
Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Haroun and the Sea of Stories inhabits the same imaginative space as The Lord of the Rings, The Alchemist, The Arabian Nights, and The Wizard of Oz. Twelve-year-old Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore his father’s gift of storytelling by reviving the poisoned Sea of Stories. On the way, he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.
In this wondrously delightful story, Salman Rushdie gives us an imaginative work of extraordinary power and endearing humor that is, at its heart, an illumination of the necessity of storytelling in our lives.
About the Presenter
Professor Urmila Seshagiri, our discussion leader, is associate professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and specializes in modernism and contemporary fiction. She teaches classes on international literature, women’s writing, and experimental novels. Dr. Seshagiri is the author of the study Race and the Modernist Imagination and is editing the first scholarly edition of Virginia Woolf’s memoir A Sketch of the Past for publication by Cornell University Press.
About the Author
Born in Bombay in 1947, Salman Rushdie is the author of six novels, including Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, The Moor's Last Sigh, and The Ground Beneath Her Feet, and a volume of essays, Imaginary Homelands. His numerous literary prizes include the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children and the Whitbread Prize for The Satanic Verses.
