<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PR6068. U757 H37 1990 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Luka and the Fire of Life </Td> </Tr> <P> Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book by Salman Rushdie . It was Rushdie's fifth novel after The Satanic Verses . It is a phantasmagorical story that begins in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name . </P> <P> Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for several problems existing in society today, especially in the Indian subcontinent . It looks at these problems from the viewpoint of the young protagonist Haroun . Rushdie dedicated this book to his son, from whom he was separated for some time . Many elements of the story deal with the problems of censorship: an issue particularly pertinent to Rushdie because of the fatwa against him backed by Ayatollah Khomeini . The book is highly allusive and puns in multiple languages . Many of the major character's names allude to some aspect of speech or silence . </P>

Is haroun and the sea of stories a children's book