Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

The iconic masterpiece of India that introduced the world to "a glittering novelist--one with startling imaginative and intellectual resources, a master of perpetual storytelling" (The New Yorker)

WINNER OF THE BEST OF THE BOOKERS * SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time * The fortieth anniversary edition, featuring a new introduction by the author

Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India's independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India's 1,000 other "midnight's children," all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.

This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people-a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Forty years after its publication, Midnight's Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.

Luka and the Fire of Life; Grimus; Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker); Shame; The Satanic Verses; Haroun and the Sea of Tales; The Moor's Last Sigh; The Ground Under Her Feet; Fury; Shalimar the Clown; The Enchantress of Florence; Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights; The Enchantress of Florence; The Enchant Joseph Anton, The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, and Step Over This Line are among his nonfiction works, and he coedited two anthologies, Mirrorwork and Best American Short Tales 2008. He is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Rushdie, a former president of the PEN American Center, was knighted in 2007 for his contributions to literature.

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ISBN 13	9780812976533
ISBN 10	0812976533
Title	Midnight's Children
Author	Salman Rushdie
Series	Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2006-04-04
Number of pages	560
Prizes	Winner of Man Booker Prize.
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