Midnight s Children — Salman Rushdie

India has produced a great novelist a master of perpetual storytelling V S Pritchett New YorkerBorn at the stroke of midnight at the precise moment of India s independence Saleem Sinai is destined from birth to be special For he is one of 1 001 children born in the midnight hour children who all have special gifts children with whom Saleem is telepathically linked But there has been a terrible mix up at birth and Saleem s life takes some unexpected twists and turns As he grows up amidst a whirlwind of triumphs and disasters Saleem must learn the ominous consequences of his gift for the course of his life is inseparably linked to that of his motherland and his every act is mirrored and magnified in the events that shape the newborn nation of India It is a great gift and a terrible burden Review A magical realist reflection of the issues India faced post independence including culture language religion and politics It s a truly incredible work Jack Rear Verdict The extraordinary alchemy of Midnight s Children was its miraculous fusion of the fantastical and the historical Jereme Boyd Maunsell Evening Standard A wonderful rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic Sam Jordison Guardian Rushdie s novel took a post colonial empire fights back spirit and a deep personal understanding of the politics of Indian partition and exploded them into something teeming with imaginative life He inhabits a hybrid consciousness with a telepathic connection to the other children of midnight and tells its stories for all he is worth Tim Adams Observer A head spinning tale Rushdie s masterpiece virtually invented a new language for Anglo Indian literature John Walsh Reader s Digest Prizes Winner of Booker of Bookers 1993 and James Tait Black Memorial Prize Fiction 1981 and Booker Prize for Fiction 1981 Runner up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 Short listed for Best of the Booker 2008 and BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 Tanıtım Bülteninden