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Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children
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June 13, 2015
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August 19, 2015
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Archive 2015: Literary Readathon
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Sweeping epic novel that tells the story of post-Partition India through the life of Saleem Sinai, born on the stroke of midnight on the same day as India is born. Rushdie mixes comedy and tragedy, the ebullience of a country’s youth and then the poignant regret and devastating anger at the misguided direction it follows through Indira Gandhi’s Emergency.

Rushdie is undoubtedly a gifted and intelligent writer and storyteller. The book sparkles with memorable characters and dramatic scenes, and ju ...more
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