Modern Library 100 Best Novels: Midnight's Children : A Novel (Paperback)

from browner56

Saleem Sinai is both a man and a metaphor. As one of the 1,001 boys and girls born in the first hour of August 19, 1947-the exact moment that India broke free from British colonial rule and became an independent nation-Saleem is one of "midnight's children" who are imbued with a variety of magica...

from deebee1

Brilliant, extraordinary, Rushdie is a storyteller par excellence and he truly dazzles in this epic tale. The novel begins at the stroke of midnight 15 Aug 1947, we are in Bombay and witness to the birth of one Saleem Sinai which coincides with the exact moment of India's independence from Britis...

from LisaMaria_C

Warning: Although I will try to restrain myself, I may gush without warning. I was entranced from the first sentences: I was born in the city of Bombay... once upon a time. No, that won't do, there's no getting away from the date: I was born in Doctor Narlikar's Nursing Home on August 15th, 1947....

from deebee1

Brilliant, extraordinary, Rushdie is a storyteller par excellence and he truly dazzles in this epic tale. The novel begins at the stroke of midnight 15 Aug 1947, we are in Bombay and witness to the birth of one Saleem Sinai which coincides with the exact moment of India's independence from Britis...

from plabebob

This is the first book I've read by Rushdie & I have to say it's not at all what I expected. I'm not sure how I ended up with this expectation, but I really thought this was going to be a dry literary book that took me hours to get through but would be rewarding in the end (think all those Russia...