MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN SIGNED

Salman Rushdie

ISBN 10: 039451470X / ISBN 13: 9780394514703

Edité par Knopf, New York, 1981

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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. First American Edition Stated. Remainder mark on top text block edge. Sunned spine. Flaps previously affixed to pastedowns; aged adhesive and scuffing on both pastedowns, flaps, and FEP. "R" inked atop FEP. ; Signed by author on title page. ; 9.6 X 6.3 X 1.5 inches; 446 pages; Signed by Author. N° de réf. du vendeur 165401

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Titre : MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN SIGNED

Éditeur : Knopf, New York

Date d'édition : 1981

Reliure : Hardcover

Signé : Signé par l'auteur

Edition : First American Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis :

Book by Rushdie Salman

Présentation de l'éditeur:

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

Winner of the Booker of Bookers

Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1,000 other “midnight’s children,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.

This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people–a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Twenty-five years after its publication, Midnight’ s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.