Midnight’s Children
Author: Salman Rusdhie
Project: Identity – postcolonial / hybrid cultural
Year of publication: 1995
Pages: 647
Goodreads: Midnight’s Children
Blurb
Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India’s independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other ‘midnight’s children’ all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem’s story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious
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