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    Ready Reference Treatise: Midnight’s Children
    Ready Reference Treatise: Midnight’s Children
    Ready Reference Treatise: Midnight’s Children
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    Ready Reference Treatise: Midnight’s Children

    By Raja Sharma

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    “Midnight’s Children” by Salman Rushdie is said to be one of the most widely read book in the 20th century.

    The book basically deals with India’s transition from British colonialism to independence and consequently the partition of British India.
    “Midnight’s Children” is a very good example of postcolonial literature and magical realism.

    Saleem Sinai is the protagonist of the story, and the story is told from his perspective. The book mentions various actual historical events in their fictional form.

    “Midnight’s Children” was published in the year 1981. In the same year of its publication, the book won both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

    In the years 1993 and 2008, the book was awarded the “Booker of Bookers” Prize and the best all time prize winners. These awards were given on the occasion of the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateApr 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301828586
    Ready Reference Treatise: Midnight’s Children
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    Raja Sharma

    Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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