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I figli della mezzanotte

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An edition of Midnight's Children (1981)

I figli della mezzanotte

Ristampa 8
  • 3.85 ·
  • 33 Ratings
  • 305 Want to read
  • 21 Currently reading
  • 47 Have read

I “figli della mezzanotte” sono i bambini nati il 15 agosto 1947, allo scoccare della mezzanotte: il momento, cioè, in cui l’India proclamò la propria indipendenza. Possiedono tutti doti straordinarie: forza erculea, capacità di diventare invisibili e di viaggiare nel tempo, bellezza soprannaturale. Ma nessuno è capace di penetrare nel cuore e nella mente degli uomini come Saleem Sinai, il protagonista di questo romanzo che, ormai in punto di morte, racconta la propria tragicomica storia; una vicenda surreale attorno a cui si dipana una grandiosa saga familiare, un magnifico canto corale sullo sfondo della storia dell’India del Ventesimo secolo.
--back cover

Publish Date
Publisher
Oscar Mondadori
Language
Italian
Pages
644

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Edition Availability
Cover of: I figli della mezzanotte
I figli della mezzanotte
2014, Oscar Mondadori
Paperback in Italian - Ristampa 8
Cover of: Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children: a novel
2012, Vintage Canada
Paperback in English - Vintage Canada Edition (1); movie tie-in
Cover of: Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
2008, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - printing (14)
Cover of: Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children
2006, Random House Trade Paperbacks
Paperback in English - 2006 Random House Trade Paperback Edition (7)
Cover of: Middernachtskinderen
Middernachtskinderen
2002, Contact
paperback in Dutch - 10e dr.
Cover of: Middernachtskinderen
Middernachtskinderen
1997, Pandora
Mass Market Paperback in Dutch - 8e dr.
Cover of: Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
1991, Penguin Books
Paperback in English - Reprint (11)
Cover of: Les enfants de minuit
Les enfants de minuit: roman
1984, Québec/Amérique
Paperback in French - Édition canadienne en langue francaise
Cover of: Mitternachtskinder
Mitternachtskinder: Roman
1983, Piper
Hardcover in German
Cover of: Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
xxxx, Publisher not identified
in English

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Published in

Milano

Edition Notes

Series
Contemporanea
Copyright Date
2003
Translation Of
Midnight's Children
Translated From
English

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
642p.
Number of pages
644

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32419692M
Internet Archive
ifiglidellamezza0000rush
ISBN 10
8804583606
ISBN 13
9788804583608
OCLC/WorldCat
928762810
Goodreads
58121462

Work Description

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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Midnight's Children (2/2)

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