Category LiteratureTitleSalmanRushdie'sMidnight'sChildren(More Info)ISBNAuthor(s)Mitra, ReenaSummarySalmanRushdie'sMidnight'smore)
SalmanRushdie'sMidnight'sChildren, ever since its publication in 1980, has been considered an ingenious piece of literary art and a trendsetter in the field of Indian fiction in English. The stupendous success of this novel broke all previous records and Rushdie was hailed as one who engendered a whole new generation of fiction writers that embraced magical realism as a mode for the depiction of history. The variant mode of the portrayal of historical reality that Rushdie adopts in Midnights Children is characteristically his own and his fantasizing of facts in this novel inspired a host of other writers to offer, in their respective works, their own blends of fact and fiction. Midnight'sChildren is a multifaceted novel which lends itself to analysis from various angles and perspectives. Be it from the point of view of structure of content, the work yields a richness that has been variously explored by the scholars who have contributed to this anthology of essays
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CategoryClassicsTitleMidnight'sChildren(More Info)ISBN0812969030Author(s)SalmanRushdieSummary
- Midnight'sChildren In the moments of upheaval that surround the stroke of more)
- Midnight'sChildren In the moments of upheaval that surround the stroke of midnight on August 14-15, 1947, the day India proclaimed its independence from Great Britain, 1,001 children are born--each of whom is gifted with supernatural powers. Midnight'sChildren focuses on the fates of two of them--the illegitimate son of a poor Hindu woman and the male heir of a wealthy Muslim family--who become inextricably linked when a midwife switches the boys at birth. An allegory of modern India, Midnight'sChildren is a family saga set against the volatile events of the thirty years following the country's independence the partitioning of India and Pakistan, the rule of Indira Gandhi, the onset of violence and war, and the imposition of martial law. It is a magical and haunting tale, of fragmentation and of the struggle for identity and belonging that links personal life with national history
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CategoryFictionTitleMidnight'sChildren - Winner Of The 1993 Booker Of Bookers(More Info)ISBN0099578514Author(s)SalmanRushdieSummary
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