{"product_id":"midnights-children-salman-rushdie-9780099578512","title":"Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'India has produced a great novelist...a master of perpetual storytelling' V.S. Pritchett, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn at the stroke of midnight, at the precise moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is destined from birth to be special. For he is one of 1,001 children born in the midnight hour, children who all have special gifts, children with whom Saleem is telepathically linked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But there has been a terrible mix up at birth, and Saleem's life takes some unexpected twists and turns. As he grows up amidst a whirlwind of triumphs and disasters, Saleem must learn the ominous consequences of his gift, for the course of his life is inseparably linked to that of his motherland, and his every act is mirrored and magnified in the events that shape the newborn nation of India. \u003cbr\u003eIt is a great gift, and a terrible burden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e - for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary - \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuichotte\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVictory City\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest book, \u003ci\u003eKnife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 672 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65812422820189,"sku":"K021270678","price":11.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2127067800001A.jpg?v=1788531731","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/midnights-children-salman-rushdie-9780099578512","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}