Midnight's Children (First Edition)
by RUSHDIE, Salman
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine copy in cloth-backed boards. In a remarkably sharp jacket, with minor sunning to rear panel, but absent typical fading
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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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
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29642
- Title
- Midnight's Children (First Edition)
- Author
- RUSHDIE, Salman
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine copy in cloth-backed boards. In a remarkably sharp jacket, with minor sunning to rear panel, but absent typical fading
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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