Midnight's children

By:

Rushdie, Salman

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Vintage Books 2006Description: xvii, 647pISBN:

9780099582076 (pbk)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

823.914 RUS

Summary: Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15,1947, at the precise moment of India's independence, the infant Saleem Sinai is celebrated in the press and welcomed by Prime Minister Nehru himseld. But this coincidence of birth has consequences Saleem is not prepared for: telepathic powers that connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children'- all birn in the initial hour of India's independence - and an uncanny sense of smell that allows him to sniff out dangers others cannot perceive, Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's biography is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious. --- Backside of Book

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Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15,1947, at the precise moment of India's independence, the infant Saleem Sinai is celebrated in the press and welcomed by Prime Minister Nehru himseld. But this coincidence of birth has consequences Saleem is not prepared for: telepathic powers that connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children'- all birn in the initial hour of India's independence - and an uncanny sense of smell that allows him to sniff out dangers others cannot perceive,

Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's biography is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious. --- Backside of Book

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