Midnight’s children

Rushdie, Salman

£18.99

This is a many-layered narrative in which the complexities of the Indian sub-continent are projected through the minds of many characters. Comic, tragic and fantastic by turns, this is the novel which revolutionised English fiction.

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Publish Date: 05/10/2023

Description

A beautiful hardback edition of a modern Indian classic and winner of ‘The Best of the Booker’ – the best novel from Booker Prize history.

Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India’s independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other ‘midnight’s children’ all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem’s story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious.

‘A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic’ Guardian

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

Additional information

Weight 660 g
Dimensions 202 × 136 × 56 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

672

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K