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Haroun and the Sea of Stories

I think Haroun and the Sea of Stories might last. Because when children love a book, they take it with them through their life. I thought there must be a way of writing where you don't ask yourself if the book is for children or for grown-ups. The audience is everybody who likes it, you know? And that's everybody. But also I was helped by the fact that I was writing it for my son, whose middle name is Haru. And so I had made him a promise that I'd write a book he would love to read.

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