Aug 15, 2017
MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN - SALMAN RUSHDIE
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, and the transition from British colonialism to independence.
First published in 1981 and Booker Prize winner that year as well as Booker of Bookers...

MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN - SALMAN RUSHDIE

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, and the transition from British colonialism to independence.

First published in 1981 and Booker Prize winner that year as well as Booker of Bookers winner, Midnight’s Children explores the events around the newborn nation of India.

The chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15th, 1947 “at the precise moment of India’s independence” and his fate is mysteriously bound up with the ensuing historical events.

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