Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

Jazyk:	anglicky
Počet stran:	672
Formát:	12,9 x 19,8 cm
Nakladatel:	Vintage Classics
Vazba:	měkká

Cena:	263,00 Kč

• Anotace

  WITH A NEW 40TH ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
  
  Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious

  Review

  A magical-realist reflection of the issues India faced post-independence including culture, language, religion, and politics… It’s a truly incredible work. -- Jack Rear ― Verdict
  
  The extraordinary alchemy of Midnight’s Children was its miraculous fusion of the fantastical and the historical. -- Jereme Boyd Maunsell ― Evening Standard
  
  A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic. -- Sam Jordison ― Guardian
  
  Rushdie’s novel took a post-colonial “empire fights back” spirit, and a deep personal understanding of the politics of Indian partition, and exploded them into something teeming with imaginative life… He inhabits a hybrid consciousness, with a telepathic connection to the other children of midnight, and tells its stories for all he is worth. -- Tim Adams ― Observer
  
  Fresh and witty -- Neema Shah ― Eastern Eye

  About the Author

  Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen novels - Grimus, Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights, The Golden House and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize) - and one collection of short stories: East, West. He has also published four works of non-fiction - Joseph Anton, The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, and Step Across This Line - and co-edited two anthologies, Mirrorwork and Best American Short Stories 2008. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.
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  ISBN/EAN:	9780099511892
  Rok vydání:	2008

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