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Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie, published by Jonathan Cape with cover design by Bill Botten, about India's transition from British colonial rule to independence and partition.
Midnight’s Children. Salman Rushdie. 3.98. 125,355 ratings8,539 reviews. 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.
Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children begins as narrator Saleem Sinai urgently tells the story of his life. Born at the exact moment of India’s independence from British rule, Saleem is inescapably “handcuffed to history,” and his own fate is intertwined with that of his nation.
Midnight’s Children won the Booker Prize in 1981. Read the full book summary, an in-depth character analysis of Saleem Sinai, and explanations of important quotes from Midnight’s Children.
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Jul 19, 2024 · Midnight’s Children, allegorical novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 1981. It is a historical chronicle of modern India centring on the inextricably linked fates of two children who were born within the first hour of independence from Great Britain. Exactly at midnight on Aug. 15, 1947, two boys.
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Midnight's children for Zafar Rushdie who, contrary to all expectations, was born in the afternoon Book One The perforated sheet I was born in the city of Bombay… once upon a time. No, that won't do, there's no getting away from the date: I was born in Doctor Narlikar's Nursing Home on August 15th, 1947. And the time? The time matters, too.
Midnight’s Children. 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.
‘Midnight’s Children’ is a coming-of-age, satirical, farcical, magical realist story, filling more than 600 pages, about India’s transition from British colonial rule to independence and partition.
- Salman Rushdie
