| Midnight's Children: Introduction by Anita Desai Contributor(s): Rushdie, Salman (Author), Desai, Anita (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0679444629 ISBN-13: 9780679444626 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1995 Annotation: The author of The Stananic Verses creates a fascinating family saga about the birth and maturity of a land and its people--a brilliant incarnation of the human comedy. "Rushdie has achieved a magnificent and unique work of fiction".--The Philadelphia Inquirer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95234890 |
| Lexile Measure: 1120 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 5.56" W x 8.35" (1.44 lbs) 632 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 43294 Reading Level: 8.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 38.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A classic novel, in which the man who calls himself the bomb of Bombay chronicles the story of a child and a nation that both came into existence in 1947--and examines a whole people's capacity for carrying inherited myths and inventing new ones. |