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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.
- Salman Rushdie
- United Kingdom
- 1981
- Bill Botten
124,079 ratings8,419 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.
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A study guide for the coming-of-age novel Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie, published in 1981. The guide covers the plot, characters, themes, and historical context of the novel, which connects Saleem Sinai's personal family saga with the history of India and its people. Learn how to ace quizzes, tests, and essays with this comprehensive resource.
- Salman Rushdie
- 1981
A plot summary of Midnight’s Children, a novel by Salman Rushdie that explores the themes of history, identity, and politics in India. The novel follows the life of Saleem Sinai, a child of midnight who grows up in a chaotic and violent world of India’s independence and partition. He faces challenges and dangers from his family, his lovers, and his enemies as he tries to survive and survive.
19 de abr. de 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16 de jun. de 2015 · The 100 best novels: No 91 – Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (1981) The personal and the historical merge in Salman Rushdie’s dazzling, game-changing Indian English novel of a young ...
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. Praise. Winner of the Booker of Bookers. “Extraordinary . . . one of the most important [novels] to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation.” –The New York Review of Books.
