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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
Moving between the past and the present, Midnight’s Children connects Saleem’s personal family saga with the story of a country and its people during a historic shift. Midnight’s Children won the Booker Prize in 1981. Explore a character analysis of Saleem Sinai, a plot summary, and important quotes.
- Salman Rushdie
- 1981
Hijos de la medianoche (título original en inglés, Midnight's Children) es un libro del año 1980, escrito por Salman Rushdie que trata de la transición de la India del colonialismo británico a la independencia y la partición de la India británica. Está considerada un ejemplo de literatura poscolonial y realismo mágico.
- India
- Realismo mágico y ficción histórica
Salman Rushdie. 3.98. 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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Padma and Saleem are to be married in Kashmir; however, before they are, Saleem finally succumbs to the cracks in his skin, and he crumbles into six hundred million pieces of dust. Get all the key plot points of Salman Rushdie's Midnight’s Children on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.
The midnight’s children, including Saleem, are all set free. Saleem goes in search of Parvati’s son, Aadam, who has been living with Picture Singh. The three take a trip to Bombay, so Picture Singh can challenge a man who claims to be the world’s greatest snake charmer.
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.
