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Historical Fiction · EpicSaleem Sinai is born at the moment of India's independence, linked to a thousand other children
Midnight's Children
1981446 pagesDemanding readSteady pace
★ Booker Prize, 1981
A child of Independence tells the story of India
Saleem Sinai is born at the exact moment of Indian independence, and he finds that other children born in that hour have gifts of their own. He tells his story and the story of his family against the history of modern India. It won the Booker Prize and later the Booker of Bookers and the Best of the Booker.
More about this book
Who
Saleem Sinai and his family.
World
India and Pakistan from before 1947 to the 1970s.
What makes it different
It won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers in 1993 and the Best of the Booker in 2008.
Feel
Exuberant and inventive.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Midnight's ChildrenWikipedia