Read Part I: "Escapes from the Mother Country."
Content Summary for Teachers
Part I Chapters 1-3
Note: Because of the fractured timeline, Rushdie's narrating intrusions into the story, and the other meta-fictional/auto-fictional elements of the story, these summaries will not line up with the text exactly. These summaries will instead attempt to offer a more linear summary of the events described.
The novel introduces three sisters who live in isolation in a large mansion of Nishapur, in the fictional land of Q. They are Chhunni, Munnee, and Bunny Shakil, daughters of a wealthy businessman, Mr. Shakil. After the death of Mr. Shakil, the daughters discover that their father did not leave...
