--- product_id: 6654709 title: "Salman RushdieMidnight's Children" brand: "salman rushdielyndam gregoryrecorded books" price: "393 Lei" currency: RON in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.ro/products/6654709-salman-rushdiemidnights-children store_origin: RO region: Romania --- # Salman RushdieMidnight's Children **Brand:** salman rushdielyndam gregoryrecorded books **Price:** 393 Lei **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Salman RushdieMidnight's Children by salman rushdielyndam gregoryrecorded books - **How much does it cost?** 393 Lei with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ro](https://www.desertcart.ro/products/6654709-salman-rushdiemidnights-children) ## Best For - salman rushdielyndam gregoryrecorded books enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted salman rushdielyndam gregoryrecorded books brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Salman RushdieMidnight's Children - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81i54NgTViL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A World, An Epic, A History *by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2023* Midnight’s Children could be called a not so distant cousin of A Thousand Years of Solitude. It stands on its own, of course, but what I mean is that there is a world, an epic, a history all inscribed within the pages of both novels. Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County would be an American equivalent.Midnight’s Children is regarded as so essential to Indian literature that South Asian critics regularly describe eras as pre and post Rushdie.If you haven’t read it, it tells the story of India, from just before Independence into the Indira Gandhi era, through the allegorical fictional events that occur to its protagonist. As a conceit, it’s brilliant —both in terms of originality and execution.Those who remember or know about this era in Indian history will not be surprised by its cynical tone. Everything from Indian religions to politics to the economy is subject to subtle, and not so subtle, ridicule. Perhaps if Rushdie were to write about India in the twenty first century this would have been a completely different work.But as Rushdie says, the temptation to write history as we wish and not how it was is simply that—a temptation. The difficult beginnings of the modern Indian state cannot be swept under the proverbial rug.However, it’s a book worth reading beyond those interested in South Asian studies. The play between the disasters of the hero and the disasters of India actually reach beyond the subcontinent to achieve universal resonance. I personally didn’t like the digs at religion and the dark humor employed in describing mass suffering, but these are matters on which mature readers will differ. Paradoxically, I believe, that as India becomes a richer and more powerful nation, this work describing the trauma of its youth will become only more and more important. It doesn’t need any props from me, but still highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Taste of India *by M***Y on Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2023* This book is a mostly enjoyable, lengthy character study of generations of an eccentric south Asian Indian family. The main character is a classic unreliable narrator as his story weaves through major events in politics and history and minor personal success and tragedy with similar incredulity. He’s a Cyrano-like figure among a host of other unique individuals, gifted with a keen sense of smell and a miraculous telepathic connection to a collective of other minds. His story is a dense meandering through Indian culture, studded with tangents adding color and context to the main plot. It took me a long time to finish this book, after several periods of putting it down. There’s a primal, raw humanity described here, which I could absorb only in measured doses. Still, it was an enjoyable read with a distinct voice and point of view. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A true fantasy of post-colonial India: heterogenous and embellished, but rich and insightful *by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2022* In a novel that attempts to swallow the whole of post-colonial India, Rushdie’s protagonist doesn’t just encounter her culture, politics, religions, myths, and wars: he lives them. Saleem Sinai sniffs out his predestined path, enhanced by his magical birthright, and divulges the spectral smells of the subcontinent. But not even he, the Blessed One—the Mubarak—can contain in his single life the multifarious identity of India’s six hundred million. Attempting it, he hazards tragedy and eventually—disintegration.”To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world.”Rushdie’s lengthy epic seems to convey a vivid sense of India’s history through the fictitious autobiography of his self-similar protagonist. However, for those of us unfamiliar with the events portrayed, Saleem’s tour of history loses some of its magic—for the same reasons that the film “Forrest Gump” will languish over the decades. Nonetheless, the clever and self-reflective narrator carries us through the pages, which drip with the mysteries of memory and identity.”memory has its own special kind [of truth]. It selects, eliminates, alters, exaggerates, minimizes, glorifies, and vilifies also; but in the end it creates its own reality, its heterogeneous but usually coherent version of events; and no sane human being ever trusts someone else’s version more than his own.”Rushdie does not shy away from the truth of his character’s perspectives. His bravery won him a Booker prize for this novel (but it also led to an attempt on his life for another book—”The Satanic Verses”). Expect no censorship here. This is, indeed, Saleem Sinai’s true story. It might be lacking in compassion and climax, but it compensates with scope and profound insight:”I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I’ve gone which would not have happened if I had not come. Nor am I particularly exceptional in the matter; each ‘I’, every one of the now-six-hundred-million-plus of us, contains a similar multitude. I repeat for the last time: to understand me, you’ll have to swallow a world.” --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ro/products/6654709-salman-rushdiemidnights-children](https://www.desertcart.ro/products/6654709-salman-rushdiemidnights-children) --- *Product available on Desertcart Romania* *Store origin: RO* *Last updated: 2026-05-10*