The Moor's Last Sigh
British and Indian novelist, born 1947. Won the Booker Prize in 1981 and the Costa Novel Award in 1988 and 1995.
The Moor's Last Sigh is a 1995 novel by Salman Rushdie. It won the Costa Novel Award in 1995.
In magical realism, family saga
On 3 of the 22 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Salman Rushdie
- First published
- 1995
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1995
- Costa Novel Award winner, 1995
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Magical realism, Family saga, Political
Is The Moor's Last Sigh worth reading?
3 of the 22 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Costa Novel Award and 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1995) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1995) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Moor's Last Sigh
The edition we link to is the FisicalBook paperback (1900).
- Publisher
- FisicalBook (paperback, 1900)
- ISBN
- 9780099592419
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Moor's Last Sigh
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 8% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Moor's Last Sigh
If you liked The Moor's Last Sigh, try Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses or Things Fall Apart.
