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Midnight's Children is a 1981 book by Salman Rushdie that deals with India's transition from British colonialism to independence and the partition of British India. It is considered an example of postcolonial literature and magical realism. The Read More..

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Description	Midnight's Children is a 1981 book by Salman Rushdie that deals with India's transition from British colonialism to independence and the partition of British India. It is considered an example of postcolonial literature and magical realism. The story is told by its chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical events as with historical fiction.Midnight's Children won both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981.Mullan, John. " Salman Rushdie on the writing of Midnight's Children." Guardian. 26 July 2008. It was awarded the "Booker of Bookers" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. "The Big Read". BBC. April 2003. Retrieved 26 October 2012 It was also added to the list of Great Books of the 20th Century, published by Penguin Books.
Description	Midnight's Children is a 1981 book by Salman Rushdie that deals with India's transition from British colonialism to independence and the partition of British India. It is considered an example of postcolonial literature and magical realism. The story is told by its chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical events as with historical fiction.Midnight's Children won both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981.Mullan, John. " Salman Rushdie on the writing of Midnight's Children." Guardian. 26 July 2008. It was awarded the "Booker of Bookers" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. "The Big Read". BBC. April 2003. Retrieved 26 October 2012 It was also added to the list of Great Books of the 20th Century, published by Penguin Books.

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Name	Midnight's Children
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Authors	Salman Rushdie
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Genre	Magic Realism; Historiographic metafiction
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	446 pp
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Media_type	Print (hardback and paperback)
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Isbn	0-224-01823-X
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Oclc	8234329
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Publisher	Jonathan Cape
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