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Grimus is a 1975 fantasy and science fiction novel by Salman Rushdie. It was his literary debut . The story loosely follows Flapping Eagle, a young Native American man who receives the gift of immortality by drinking a magic fluid.
- Salman Rushdie
- 1975
Jan 1, 2001 · Thunderous and touching.'. Financial Times. After drinking an elixir that bestows immortality upon him, a young Indian named Flapping Eagle spends the next seven hundred years sailing the seas with the blessing -- and ultimately the burden -- of living forever.
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Rushdie, Salman. Publication date. 1979. Topics. Indians of North America, Immortalism, Mortality, Islands. Publisher. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
Flapping Eagle, an immortal Indian sailor, journeys to Calf Island to regain his mortality and confront the mysterious Grimus Effect. Read the book summary, praise, reader's guide and buy links for this science fiction and folktale hybrid.
Nov 5, 2010 · Flapping Eagle, a young Indian, drinks an elixir that makes him immortal and travels the world for seven centuries. He seeks to end his eternal life on Calf Island, where he encounters other immortals and the mysterious Grimus Effect.
Grimus is a unique blend of science fiction, fantasy, and mythology, and it showcases Rushdie’s talent for creating complex and imaginative worlds. The novel also explores themes of identity, transformation, and the search for meaning, which are recurring themes in Rushdie’s later works.
Salman Rushdie’s celebrated debut novel remains as powerful and as haunting as when it was first published more than thirty years ago. “A book to be read twice . . . [Grimus] is literate, it is fun, it is meaningful, and perhaps most important, it pushes the boundaries of the form outward.”. – Los Angeles Times.
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