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Loading... Midnight's Children: A Novel (original 1981; edition 2006)by Salman Rushdie
Work InformationMidnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (1981)
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Rushdie is a genius. This is his finest book. Six stars. ( ) For me, a successful piece of magical realism is possible when the constraints and opportunities for the characters are set in some impossible way, which you promptly forget is artificial and become invested in. This is absolutely the case with the way the Midnight's Children can hear each other's voices, and is even mostly the case with the special powers of the main characters. At the end, when we learn about the rush of powers possessed by other Midnight's Children, it did all seem a bit artificial, but it didn't matter so much at that point. Within the world established at the start, it was a lot of fun to watch Saleem buffeted around by the various voices in his life.
Midnight's Children is a teeming fable of postcolonial India, told in magical-realist fashion by a telepathic hero born at the stroke of midnight on the day the country became independent. First published in 1981, it was met with little immediate excitement. Belongs to Publisher SeriesHas the adaptationHas as a studyHas as a student's study guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Literature.
HTML:The iconic masterpiece of India that introduced the world to â??a glittering novelistâ??one with startling imaginative and intellectual resources, a master of perpetual storytellingâ?ť (The New Yorker) WINNER OF THE BEST OF THE BOOKERS â?˘ SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time â?˘ 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 Indiaâ??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 Indiaâ??s 1,000 other â??midnightâ??s children,â?ť 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 peopleâ??a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Forty years after its publication, Midnightâ??s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of th No library descriptions found. |
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