Midnight's Children (Paperback, Reissue)

Winner of the 1981 Booker Prize and the 1993 'Booker of Bookers', this is the tale of Saleem Sinai and the other 1000 babies born in the 'magic' hour after Indian independence on 15 August 1947. Its brilliant style owes something to magic realism, but also to an acute awareness of Indian myth and history. In some senses, it is a comic allegory of the latter although it was sufficiently satirical about contemporary India - and the sterilizations ordered by Sanjay Gandhi, for example - for it to be banned there. It it is hard to understand the path of 20th-century writing without having read this book. (Kirkus UK)

Saleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and finds himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1,001 children born at the midnight hour, each of them endowed with an extraordinary talent - and whose privilege and curse it is to be both master and victims of their times. Through Saleem's gifts - inner voices and a wildly sensitive sense of smell - we are drawn into a fascinating family saga set against the vast, colourful background of the India of this century.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1995
First published:	May 1995
Authors:	Salman Rushdie
Dimensions:	197 x 135 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	462
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-957851-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-09-957851-4
Barcode:	9780099578512

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