Midnight’s Children

Salman Rushdie...

post-colonial Indian writer

born in Bombay (1947)

moved to England as a teenager

won the Broker Prize (1981)

His works:

Grimus

Midnight’s Children(the most important work)

Shame

The Satanic Verses(considered blasphemous by Muslims)

Midnight’s Children

Novel

Protagonist: Saleem Sinai

Birth: midnight 15 August 1947

(day of Indian Indipendence)

Salim recounts his life

Life interwoven with history

1001 children born that day

Considered to have powers:

Transmutation

Magic

Flight

Prophecy

His life = jars of chutney:

every year is a jar

has particular flavour

personal and historicalmemory

Features:

Mix imagination and history

Mix autobiography and mythology

Subjectivity of history

Influenced by Indian and British culture

VB Liceo Scientifico Marie Curie

IISS Monopoli a.s. 2012/2013