{"product_id":"midnights-children-salman-rushdie","title":"Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful hardback edition of a modern Indian classic and winner of 'The Best of the Booker' - the best novel from Booker Prize history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful \u003c\/b\u003e\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 (Hardcover), Englisch, 672 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65795105620317,"sku":"K096949128","price":20.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9694912800001A.jpg?v=1788398940","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/midnights-children-salman-rushdie","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}