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Midnight´s Children: The iconic Booker-prize winning novel, from bestselling author Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
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Paperback. Born at the stroke of midnight, at the precise moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is destined from birth to be special. For he is one of 1,001 children born in the midnight hour, children who all have special gifts, children with whom Saleem is telepathically linked. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 486.
'India has produced a great novelist...a master of perpetual storytelling' V.S. Pritchett, New Yorker
Born at the stroke of midnight, at the precise moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is destined from birth to be special. For he is one of 1,001 children born in the midnight hour, children who all have special gifts, children with whom Saleem is telepathically linked.
But there has been a terrible mix up at birth, and Saleem’s life takes some unexpected twists and turns. As he grows up amidst a whirlwind of triumphs and disasters, Saleem must learn the ominous consequences ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099578512
SKU
9780099578512
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is the author of eight novels, one collection of short stories, and four works of non-fiction, and the co-editor of The Vintage Book of Indian Writing. In 1993 Midnight's Children was judged to be the 'Booker of Bookers', the best novel to have won the Booker Prize in its first 25 years. The Moor's Last Sigh won the ... Read more
Reviews for Midnight´s Children: The iconic Booker-prize winning novel, from bestselling author Salman Rushdie
A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic.
Guardian
Midnight's Children is also full of such zest for every messy aspect of life that you can't help but feel inspired
Guardian
Rushdie’s novel took a post-colonial “empire fights back” spirit, and a deep personal understanding of the politics of Indian partition, ... Read more
Guardian
Midnight's Children is also full of such zest for every messy aspect of life that you can't help but feel inspired
Guardian
Rushdie’s novel took a post-colonial “empire fights back” spirit, and a deep personal understanding of the politics of Indian partition, ... Read more