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MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN

MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN

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MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN

by Rushdie, Salman

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine/Near Fine
ISBN 10
039451470X
ISBN 13
9780394514703
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N. Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine but fot a tiny blue sailboat stamp on the ffep., in jacket with small traces of wear to extremities. Jacket is bright, unfaded and un-clipped. A very attractive copy of " the Booker of Bookers "..

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
Renaissance Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
12885
Title
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN
Author
Rushdie, Salman
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Second Printing
ISBN 10
039451470X
ISBN 13
9780394514703
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
N. Y.
Date Published
1981
Keywords
Literature
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