{"product_id":"the-eleventh-hour-a-quintet-of-stories-paperback","title":"The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From internationally renowned, award-winning author Salman Rushdie, a spellbinding exploration of life, death, and what comes into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An inventive and engrossing collection of stories which, though death-tinged, are never doom-laden. With luck this master writer has more tales to tell.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRushdie turns his extraordinary imagination to life's final act with a quintet of stories that span the three countries in which he has made his work--India, England, and America--and feature an unforgettable cast of characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the South\" introduces a pair of quarrelsome old men--Junior and Senior--and their private tragedy at a moment of national calamity. In \"The Musician of Kahani,\" a musical prodigy from the Mumbai neighborhood featured in \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e uses her magical gifts to wreak devastation on the wealthy family she marries into. In \"Late,\" the ghost of a Cambridge don enlists the help of a lonely student to enact revenge upon the tormentor of his lifetime. \"Oklahoma\" plunges a young writer into a web of deceit and lies as he tries to figure out whether his mentor killed himself or faked his own death. And \"The Old Man in the Piazza\" is a powerful parable for our times about freedom of speech. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDo we accommodate ourselves to death, or rail against it? Do we spend our \"eleventh hour\" in serenity or in rage? And how do we achieve fulfillment with our lives if we don't know the end of our own stories? \u003ci\u003eThe Eleventh Hour\u003c\/i\u003e ponders life and death, legacy and identity with the penetrating insight and boundless imagination that have made Salman Rushdie one of the most celebrated writers of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifteen novels--\u003ci\u003eLuka and the Fire of Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGrimus\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker); \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHaroun and the Sea of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Moor's Last Sigh\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Ground Beneath Her Feet\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFury\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eShalimar the Clown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Enchantress of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTwo Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Golden House\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eQuichotte\u003c\/i\u003e (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize); and \u003ci\u003eVictory City\u003c\/i\u003e--and one collection of short stories: \u003ci\u003eEast, West\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published six works of nonfiction--\u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar Smile\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eImaginary Homelands\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStep Across This Line\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJoseph Anton\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLanguages of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eKnife \u003c\/i\u003e(which was a finalist for the National Book Award)--and coedited two anthologies, \u003ci\u003eMirrorwork\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2008\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN America, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987987169581,"sku":"9798217294886","price":29.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/PDfyXgisK09798217294886.webp?v=1776188568","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-eleventh-hour-a-quintet-of-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}