Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (1991 softcover edition)

The iconic masterpiece of India that introduced the world to “a glittering novelist—one with startling imaginative and intellectual resources, a master of perpetual storytelling.” (The New Yorker)

Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1,000 other “midnight’s children,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.

“Extraordinary . . . one of the most important [novels] to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation.” NYRB

Vintage Softcover / Penguin / 1991 / Very Good Condition