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Midnight's Children
de Rushdie, Salman
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 446pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 maroon cloth over gray boards. Very good/Very good. Minor sunning to the spine of the jacket. The American edition precedes the British edition. Second published work by Rushdie and considered by many to be his finest. Midnight's Children was awarded the Booker Prize, and was also awarded the Booker of Booker Prizes in 1993 to the best of the original 25 winners of the Booker Prize.
Sinopsis
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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- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 31966
- Título
- Midnight's Children
- Autor
- Rushdie, Salman
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- 1
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- First edition
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- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1981
- Palabras clave
- Literature; Booker Prize BOSTON 2016; PASADENA 2017; OAKLAND 2017 (ABAA); PASADENA 2018 (ABAA); DENVER 2018; SEATTLE 2018; SEACAT18; BOSTON 2018; PASADENA2019 & OAKLAND2019; LAX2019 & SEATTLE2019; getman7;
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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