Midnight Children (Paperback)

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About the Book :

Saleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and found himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1,001 children born at the midnight hour, each of them endowed with an extraordinary talent - and whose privilege and curse it is to be both master and victims of their times. Through Saleem's gifts - inner ear and wildly sensitive sense of smell - we are drawn into a fascinating family saga set against the vast, colourful background of the India of the 20th century.

About The Author :

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 Whitbread Prize in 1995, and the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

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•   By Micky 02 Jul 2008
  1 customers found the following review helpful India as a nation

  Salman Rushdie is a master in writing. The book is about the Midnight's Children i.e children born in the first hour after India got freedom. It says the political course of modern India and the in-fighting of its various social and religious factions. Some knowledge of the history of India & Pakistan before and after independence and the partition will be helpful. Its an incredible fiction that tells the true story of India's birth as a nation. Rusdie's writing is poetic yet powerful. This book is undoubtedly good.

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