Join Between the Lines, the reader’s club at Gallery Gitanjali which will be holding a presentation and discussion of Salman Rushdie’s award winning novel "Midnight’s Children" on June 10, 6 pm. The book will be presented by Esha Nadkarni and the ensuing discussion moderated by Gail Pinto, Tanaya Naik and Priyanka Naik.
A winner of the Booker Prize for Fiction, Midnight’s Children is a compelling novel of magical realism that captures India’s tumultuous history and blends myth and truth into gossamer-fine storytelling.
Born at the stroke of midnight, at the precise moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai in Midnight's Children 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. Following a terrible mix-up at birth, Saleem’s life takes some unexpected twists and turns as he grows up amidst triumphs and disasters, Saleem must learn the ominous consequences of his gift. He begins to understand it is both a blessing and a terrible burden.
Apart from the Booker Prize, Midnight's Children also took the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was also added to the list of Great Books of the 20th Century, published by Penguin Books.
