num_pages: 560
description: This is a history of India since independence, seen through the eyes of characters born on the day that independence was granted. The book is a multi-layered narrative, in which the complexities of the sub-continent are projected through the minds of its many characters. "Midnight's Children" was voted in the Booker of Bookers in 1993.
language: English
title: Midnight's Children
titlecomplete: Midnight's Children
characters: Pia Aziz, Homi Catrack, Aadam Aziz, Amina Sinai, Farooq Rasheed, Padma Mangroli, Sonny Ibrahim, S. P. Butt, Mustapha Kemal, Tai, Maggiore Zulfikar, Emerald Aziz, Shri Ramram Seth, Ahmed Sinai, Toxy Catrak, Evie Lilith Burns, Mian Abdullah, Hanif Aziz, Commander Sabarmati, Sonia Aziz, Wee Willie Winkie, Joseph D'Costa, Mumtaz Aziz, Lila Sabarmati, Saleem Sinai, Lifafa Das, Shaheed Dar, Cyrus Dabash / Cyrus-the-great, Doctor Narlikar, Naseem Ghani, Mary Pereira, Nadir Khan, Musa, Rani of Cooch Naheen, Emil Zagallo, Nussie Ibrahim, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mustapha Aziz, Doctor Schaapsteker, Reginald Dyer, Alauddin Latif / Uncle Puffs, Vanita, Qasim Khan, William Methwold, The Brass Monkey / Jamila Singer, Ismail Ibrahim, Ayooba Baloch
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Indian Literature, India, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 120789
places: Kashmir, Pakistan, India
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