Midnight's Children
  • Published: 1 July 2008
  • ISBN: 9780099511892
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $24.00

Midnight's Children

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Paperback
1 Jul 2008
Hardback
20 Dec 2023
EBook
1 Feb 2011
Hardback
24 Nov 1995
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Reissued to mark the 40th anniversary of Rushdie's masterpiece, this edition carries a new introduction written for the occasion

WITH A NEW 40TH ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

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
  • Published: 1 July 2008
  • ISBN: 9780099511892
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 672
  • RRP: $24.00
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About the author

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen previous novels, including Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize). A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.

portrait photo of Salman Rushdie

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Praise for Midnight's Children

Fresh and witty

Neema Shah, Eastern Eye