Midnight’s Children (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Salman Rushdie
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Magical realism
- Time of Work: 1947 to 1977, with family history from 1915 forward
- Setting: India and Pakistan
- Principal Characters: Saleem Sinai, Shiva, Parvati-the-Witch
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Children, Magic or magicians, Politics, Race, Social issues, Extrasensory perception or powers, 1940’s, Good and evil, Fantasy, Muslims, India or East Indian people, Nose
- Locales: India, Pakistan
The Novel
Midnight’s Children is Saleem’s memoir, written during his thirtieth year. The shattered, impotent, prematurely aged resident manager of a Bombay pickling factory, he writes with his plump, illiterate mistress Padma as his only audience. Born precisely at midnight on August 15,1947, the moment of the creation of the independent countries of India and Pakistan, Saleem is dubbed “The Child of Midnight” by an exuberant press. His fortunes and those of one thousand other midnight children are mystically linked with the fate of India during the following...
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