Midnight's Children
By: Rushdie, Salman
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BookPublisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1991, c1980Description: 552 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780099582076; 0140132708 :.Subject(s): Infants switched at birth -- Fiction | Islam -- Relations -- Hinduism -- Fiction | Hinduism -- Relations -- Islam -- Fiction | Children of the rich -- Fiction | Poor children -- Fiction | Paranormal fiction | India -- FictionGenre/Form: Epic literature.DDC classification: 823/.914
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'Midnight’s Children’ by the renowned author Sulman Rushdie is an epic novel that opens up with a child being born at midnight on 15th August, 1947, just at a time when India is achieving Independence from centuries of foreign British colonial rule.
Winner of Booker Prize, this book has been added in the list of Great Book of the 20th century and narrates the story of Saleem Siana and the times he lives with the newborn nation.
Divided in three parts, the novel begins with the story of Siani’s family and the various events that lead to India’s independence and eventually to partition. Born precisely at the midnight, Saleem was born with telepathic powers and later discovers that all the kids born in India between 12 A.M. and 1 A.M. are impregnated with the special power.
Using his telepathic powers, he assembles a conference with all kids to reflect upon the issues like culture, linguistic, religion and political differences to shape the nation. Highlighting the relation between father and son and a nation yet in its nascent stage, it is an enchanting family adventure with lots of human drama and shocking summoning.
The novel has also been adapted as a stage show by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the year 2003.