Midnight's Children
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0099540991
- ISBN 13
- 9780099540991
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Vintage Books. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. (2010). Softcover. 0099540991 . No signatures.; "Reading Guide Edition". xix, [1], 647, [1], 14, [6] pages. Page dimensions: 198 x 127mm. This edition with a 9 page Introduction by Salman Rushdie dated 2005. Reading Guide at rear with questions for discussion. Series: Vintage Classics. "This masterly novel, which transfixes the reader with its imaginative scope, humor, dizzying wordplay, and heartbreaking pathos is an exciting blend of magic realism and political reality, Rushdie's heartfelt tribute to his native land." - Nicky Marsh, in Peter Boxall (editor) "1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die", p. 693. .
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
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24950
- Title
- Midnight's Children
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099540991
- ISBN 13
- 9780099540991
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (2010)
- Keywords
- 0099540991
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.