Midnight's Children

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magic realist novel novel postcolonial novel

"Midnight's Children" is a landmark postcolonial novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magical realism with Indian history around the time of independence and Partition.

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Midnight's Children canonical 14
Midnight’s Children 8
Midnight's Children (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf magic realist novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
postcolonial novel ⓘ
adaptedAs Midnight's Children self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Midnight's Children (film)
author Salman Rushdie ⓘ
awardReceived Best of the Booker ⓘ
Booker Prize ⓘ
Booker of Bookers ⓘ
BestOfTheBookerYear 2008 ⓘ
BookerOfBookersYear 1993 ⓘ
BookerPrizeYear 1981 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresConcept children born at the exact moment of Indian independence ⓘ
telepathic connection among midnight-born children ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Deepa Mehta ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2012 ⓘ
followedBy Shame ⓘ
follows Grimus ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ
hasTheme family saga ⓘ
history and storytelling ⓘ
memory ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
postcolonialism ⓘ
ISBN 0-224-01876-4 ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
literarySignificance key work of postcolonial fiction ⓘ
landmark of Indian English literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Saleem Sinai ⓘ
narrativePerson first-person ⓘ
narrator Saleem Sinai ⓘ
numberOfPages 446 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationYear 1981 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape ⓘ
setInPeriod Indian independence ⓘ
Partition of India ⓘ
post-independence India ⓘ
settingLocation People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay

Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Kashmir

Pakistan ⓘ
structure non-linear narrative ⓘ
usesTechnique magic realism ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ

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Time 100 best English-language novels list → hasWork → Midnight's Children ⓘ
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