Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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.
Read More: Identifying first editions of Midnight's Children
Reviews
A great book! Great service from Biblio.com too!
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- MDS Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000420
- Title
- Midnight's Children
- Author
- Salman Rushdie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
MDS Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MDS Books
About MDS Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...