Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Days, a novel by Salman Rushdie

Does Salman Rushdie likes fantasy and mystery and macabre?   Written in the spirit of the Arabian nights story, one thousand and one nights etc etc… this puts a new spin on things.  I have never read the Arabian nights tale, so I just requested it from the library and you will see my posting soon. J

This book is filled with Jinns and Jinnia from long, long ago who arrive present day through small slivers in time.  I’m only paraphrasing what I’ve read.

The story begins with Dunia (a lightening princess) and Ibn Rushd (a human).  Dunia has about 19 children in the span of the title of the book which amounts to roughly 1,001 nights. 

When Dunia’s birth father is killed, she goes on a revenge binge to kill all involved. 

Geronimo, Jimmy, and Teresa are Dunia’s great, great, great, great, great  (and many more greats) grandchildren with strange powers and she enlists them to fight a war to bring peace and avenge her father’s murder.

I like Rushdie’s writing and he has a highly perceptive mind.  He speaks about parasitic jinn and suicide jinn and I can’t help but think about what is happening in the world today.  Only evil would do such a thing.  I do associate some of his scenery and characterizations to real life - good versus evil, God and the devil, spirits, and the natural and supernatural realm we live in.   What I take away from this story is that love conquers all.  If we love our neighbor as we love ourselves, we will now want to do them any harm them.