Salman Rushdie

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Midnight's Children

A special edition of the booker-prize winning novel

Beschreibung

A beautiful hardback edition of a modern Indian classic and winner of 'The Best of the Booker' - the best novel from Booker Prize history. 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. 'A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic' Guardian VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful

Autor

Salman Rushdie is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include Midnight's Children - for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary - Shame, The Satanic Verses , Quichotte and Victory City. His latest book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Vintage Classics
• Verlag: Random House UK Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 647
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 131mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781784878658
• ISBN-10: 1784878650
• Artikelnr.: 67323224

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A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic. Guardian