num_pages: 536
description: Winner of the Booker of Bookers.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. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India's 1,000 other "midnight's children," all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts. This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people, a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Twenty-five years after its publication, Midnight's Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.
language: English
title: Midnight's Children
titlecomplete: Midnight's Children
characters: Shri Ramram Seth, Ahmed Sinai, Tai, Mary Pereira, Hanif Aziz, Mustapha Aziz, Nadir Khan, Commander Sabarmati, Emerald Aziz, Jawaharlal Nehru, Cyrus Dabash / Cyrus-the-great, Padma Mangroli, Maggiore Zulfikar, William Methwold, S. P. Butt, Musa, Rani of Cooch Naheen, Mustapha Kemal, Evie Lilith Burns, Pia Aziz, Homi Catrack, Doctor Narlikar, Lila Sabarmati, Reginald Dyer, Joseph D'Costa, The Brass Monkey / Jamila Singer, Ismail Ibrahim, Doctor Schaapsteker, Farooq Rasheed, Vanita, Emil Zagallo, Amina Sinai, Qasim Khan, Mumtaz Aziz, Mian Abdullah, Saleem Sinai, Sonny Ibrahim, Shaheed Dar, Naseem Ghani, Nussie Ibrahim, Aadam Aziz, Lifafa Das, Ayooba Baloch, Sonia Aziz, Alauddin Latif / Uncle Puffs, Wee Willie Winkie, Toxy Catrak
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Classics, Indian Literature, India, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 120783
places: Kashmir, India, Pakistan
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: The Booker of Bookers Prize, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: The Best of the Booker, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks