Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- Seller
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About This Item
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1981, First American Edition (stated.) Hardcover in the original dust jacket. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 maroon cloth over gray boards. 446 pgs. The book is unmarked and in VG+ condition. The jacket is also VG, unclipped with a little curling and edgewear (please see photos)
Second published work by Rushdie and considered by many to be his finest. Midnight's Children was awarded the Booker Prize, and was also awarded the Booker of Booker Prizes in 1993 to the best of the original 25 winners of the Booker Prize.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Camphor Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio1067
- Title
- Midnight's Children
- Author
- Salman Rushdie
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- India, Pakistan, History of India, Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie, Booker Prize, partition, British writers, great novels, first editions, Bombay, Nehru, Indian writers
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