A history of India since independence seen through the eyes of characters born on that independence was granted. Often hailed as a classic of magic realism, this is a many-layered and entralling narrative in which the complexities of the sub-continent are projected through the minds of its many characters, comic, tragic and fantastic by turns, this is the novel which revolutionized English literature in one fell swoop. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN was voted in the Booker of Bookers in 1993.

About the Author
Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen previous novels, including Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize). A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.

Awards
Winner of Booker of Bookers 1993 and James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction) 1981 and Booker Prize for Fiction 1981. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Short-listed for Best of the Booker 2008 and BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.



Book Information
ISBN 9781857152173
Author Salman Rushdie
Format Hardback
Page Count 589
Imprint Everyman's Library
Publisher Everyman
Weight(grams) 658g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 135mm * 34mm