Midnight's Children: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

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)

WINNER OF THE BEST OF THE BOOKERS - SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time - The ...show more

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536 pages

Average rating: 6.85

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Anonymous
Dec 27, 2023
10/10 stars
WOW!! I had to re-read the last page out loud, it was so poetic. It took me a long time to get through this book. While I was never bored with the book, I did lose patience with it. There were many days that I couldn't get through more than 10 pages, but I didn't give up and it was worth it! This is my first Salman Rushdie read, and I really love his prose. I'm excited to try another, I hope he has one that's less than 500 pages....
DanielStone
Nov 21, 2023
8/10 stars
The book felt like a swirling epic. It was as much alive as a book can feel, with memories, smells, colors, and haunting characters. It strikes me as a remarkable accomplishment to have written something like this.

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