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MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN
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MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN

by Rushdie, Salman

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
VG+/VG
ISBN 10
039451470X
ISBN 13
9780394514703
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Rushdie's second book - winner of the Booker Prize, and recently selected as the "Booker of Bookers." First edition, second printing - published in the same month (April 1981)as the first printing. 446 pages in excellent, clean, white condition. Endpapers clean. Burgundy cloth over grey boards, silver titles. Very light sunning along the top and bottom edges. Corners lightly worn. Pink DJ with black/ burgundy titles. Price-clipped. Tiny chips along top edge, head/tail of spine. Spine slightly faded, and with two tiny nicks. Corners lightly worn. Binding nice and tight. VG+/VG. First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

Synopsis

Midnight's Children is an epic book of magical realism, a poioumenon about India's transition from British colonialism to independence. It was written by Salman Rushdie in 1981 and is considered an example of postcolonial literature. The story is expressed through various characters and is contexted by actual historical events as with historical fiction. Midnight's Children won both the 1981 Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for the same year.

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Bookseller
J. Wyatt Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
204863
Title
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN
Author
Rushdie, Salman
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - VG+
Jacket Condition
VG
Edition
First Edition, Second Printing
ISBN 10
039451470X
ISBN 13
9780394514703
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1981
Keywords
Booker Prize, Rushdie, First Edition

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