Midnight's children
by Salman Rushdie
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In India, one thousand and one children are born in the hour following the midnight commemorating the country's independence from British rule. And of those children, none is more entwined with the destiny of that land than Saleem Sinai, he of dubious birth and a nose of astounding proportion. Discovering a psychic connection with midnight's other thousand, Saleem recounts a life both reflecting and recreating the modern history of his oft-troubled homeland.
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literary fiction, telepathy, epic literature, epic fiction, Novel, Rushdie, Salman - Prose & Criticism, Fiction, Spanish: Adult Fiction, relations, Hinduism, interfaith relations, Nin os de los ricos, Paranormal fiction, Sobrenatural, Poor children, Infants switched at birth, Novela, Islam, Relaciones, Nin os lactantes, Nin os pobres, Children of the rich, Hinduismo, postcolonial literature, partition of India, British colonialism, magical realism, Supernatural, History, Man Booker Prize Winner, award:man_booker_prize=1981, German fiction, Translations from English, Infantes cambiados al nacer, Niños pobres, Ficción, Islamismo, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Magic, Magia, Genios, Jinn, Fiction, general, India, fiction, English literature, Letteratura inglese, Romanzi, New York Times reviewed, Roman anglais, American fiction, Familie, Englisch, Roman, UnabhängigkeitPeople
Saleem Sinai, Aadam Aziz, Ahmed Sinai, Amina Sinai, Mary Pereira, Shiva, Parvati-The-Witch, Padma, Naseem Ghani, William Methwold, Alia, Hanif, Nadir Khan, Mustapha, Emerald, General Zulfikar, Zafar, Aadam Sinai, Picture Singh, Wee Willie Winkie, Vanita, Evie Lilith Burns, Sonny Ibrahim, Joseph D’Costa, Commander Sabarmati, Homi Catrack, Lila Sabarmati, Doctor Narlikar, Alice Pereira, Farooq, Shaheed, Ayooba, Narlikar Women, Mian Abdullah, Ghani, Tai, Ramram SethShowing 11 featured editions. View all 71 editions?
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I figli della mezzanotte
2014, Oscar Mondadori
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Midnight's Children: a novel
2012, Vintage Canada
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Midnight's Children
2008, Vintage Books
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Midnight’s Children
2006, Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Midnight's Children
1991, Penguin Books
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Les enfants de minuit: roman
1984, Québec/Amérique
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Recording originally produced by W.F. Howes, Ltd., p2009.
In container (17 cm.).
Unabridged.
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Compact discs.
Narrated by Lyndam Gregory.
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Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by author Salman Rushdie. It portrays India's transition from British colonial rule to independence and the partition of India. It is considered an example of postcolonial, postmodern, and magical realist literature. The story is told by its chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical events. The style of preserving history with fictional accounts is self-reflexive.
Midnight's Children won both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981. It was awarded the "Booker of Bookers" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary.In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novels". It was also added to the list of Great Books of the 20th Century, published by Penguin Books.
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