In terms of genre, Rushdie wrote the novel as something that children would enjoy but that adults would understand. The surface tension of the novel is the relationship between a father and a son, yet the deeper meaning of the novel centers on the meaning of stories and storytelling. It incorporates many of the themes of Rushdie's other works magic realism, identity, and politics, amongst others.Ĭritics have also read Haroun in terms of the personal and political struggles that Rushdie experienced during the fatwa issued against him by the leader of Iran, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for his novel The Satanic Verses.
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