by Salman Rushdie · Labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499301259
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«Els fills de la mitjanit» is the contemporary novel by Salman Rushdie, published by Labutxaca in paperback (624 pages, in Catalan).
Saleem Sinai is born at the exact moment India gains independence, a fact that links his destiny to that of his country and grants him an extraordinary power: telepathic connection with the other thousand «children of midnight». The novel explores identity, destiny, and the link between personal life and history.
The novel, originally written in English and translated into Catalan, was awarded the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in the history of India and novels with fantastic elements.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
