num_pages: 552
description: Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 0140132708 ISBN13: 9780140132700.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 himself. 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 born 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 mirror the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious. Ebullient, operatic, comic, and serious, this novel is a wild, astonishing evocation of the maturity of a vast and complicated land and its people--a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy, Indian-style.(back cover)
language: English
title: Midnight's Children
titlecomplete: Midnight's Children
characters: Hanif Aziz, Emerald Aziz, Naseem Ghani, Toxy Catrak, Alauddin Latif / Uncle Puffs, Qasim Khan, Lila Sabarmati, Amina Sinai, Commander Sabarmati, Shri Ramram Seth, Pia Aziz, Shaheed Dar, Musa, Mian Abdullah, Sonny Ibrahim, Ismail Ibrahim, Ayooba Baloch, Evie Lilith Burns, Mustapha Kemal, Tai, Reginald Dyer, Mary Pereira, Cyrus Dabash / Cyrus-the-great, Rani of Cooch Naheen, Padma Mangroli, Jawaharlal Nehru, Joseph D'Costa, Wee Willie Winkie, The Brass Monkey / Jamila Singer, Farooq Rasheed, Lifafa Das, Nussie Ibrahim, Vanita, Doctor Schaapsteker, Saleem Sinai, William Methwold, Doctor Narlikar, Sonia Aziz, Maggiore Zulfikar, Nadir Khan, Homi Catrack, Emil Zagallo, Aadam Aziz, S. P. Butt, Mustapha Aziz, Mumtaz Aziz, Ahmed Sinai
genres: Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, India, Indian Literature, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 120769
places: India, Kashmir, 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: Penguin Books