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Midnight's Children
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 25 hrs and 39 mins
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Publisher's Summary
This Audible production expertly brings to life Salman Rushdie’s postcolonial masterpiece Midnight’s Children, available for the first time unabridged in audio. A magical tale of discovery and identity, Midnight’s Children explores the wonders and perils of India’s birth through the eyes and actions of a child blessed with extraordinary powers.
About the book
Salman Rushdie’s second novel, Midnight’s Children, was an immediate success following its publication in 1981. The winner of both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize that year, it also went on to win the Booker best all-time prize in both 1993 and 2008.
Written in the magical-realist style that Rushdie is renowned for, Midnight’s Children follows Saleem Sinai - a child gifted with extraordinary powers after being born at the exact moment India becomes independent. The captivating events that unfold act as an allegory for India’s transition from colonialism to independence as Saleem finds himself 'handcuffed to history', with his fate entwined with that of his newly independent state.
Midnight’s Children is both comedy and tragedy, blending the real with the surreal as an enthralling family saga unwinds against the backdrop of a postcolonial India. A stunning story, rich with vibrant images and delightful characters, it thoroughly deserves its place as a modern masterpiece and an inspiration for a whole generation of future Indian writers.
About the author
One of the most celebrated and controversial authors in modern literature, Salman Rushdie is a multi-award-winning British Indian novelist whose writings on magical realism and postcolonialism have inspired and enchanted millions of people around the world. Born in Bombay in 1947, his early years were spent in India before moving to England and eventually reading history at King's College, University of Cambridge.
Rushdie first gained fame following the publication of his second novel, Midnight’s Children, but it was the publication of his fourth book, The Satanic Verses, that resulted in global notoriety. Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him which resulted in death threats and the banning of the book in 13 countries. A winner of dozens of the highest awards in literature, Rushdie was also the recipient of a knighthood in the UK in 2007.
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- rushikesh
- 17-02-21
Lives upto all its Booker fame
The narrator not being able to pronounce basic Indian words like parvati, is a big turn off. I snapped out of the story almost each time. In certain chapters, it’s name of the character and repeats very often.
Least audible could do is ensure a narrator accustomed to Indian names & pronouncation.
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- Santhini Muraleedharan
- 13-06-21
Interesting narration
The performative narration was indeed a enjoyable experience. Didn't fall asleep. I could finish the book faster as it was read to me into my ears. I have tried to read the book several times. Audible is a boon.
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- Darshan
- 18-01-24
The narration stands out!
The book has now been on my reading list for almost 5 years but I was not able to complete as on occasions it became too tiring to keep track.
The dramtised narration stands out in that way to make the story more interesting adding a touch of cinematic framework as well
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- 31-10-22
a good write by an expert storyteller
Salman keeps the glue intact in his this fiction book. expertly written in easy language and comparing history with his own unique style of satire. Homer Todiwala has done justice to the story by his excellent narrative voice and caricature.
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- Singh
- 22-03-24
Timeless, funny and a great balance of fantasy and reality
Salman has an extraordinary style of mixing fantasy with real life events and find humour in almost any situation. Almost ten years back I saw a movie based on this novel and was so disappointed, but listening this audiobook was so much fun, one of the best fiction books I have ever read/listened.
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- Menja
- 28-07-22
A great story, bad diction
The story is riveting. Each character sharply etched, each description vivid. A beautiful, rich tapestry.
I personally didn't like the narrator's pronunciation of certain Hindi/Urdu words, they seem foreign the way he says them. I cringed each time I heard Parvati, Nadir, Kasim, but that could be just me. Other than this, the performance was pretty good.
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- Udaibir Singh
- 24-09-24
The book is a masterpiece
The story is a parallel drawn to a young India. Rushidie is able to capture the vibrancy of India in words that come to us through Todiwalla's narration.
The narration brings life to the book, Todiwala has done a brilliant job. Kne thing that does take away from the narration is the author's pronunciation of names, it is anglicised. Akbar becomes Ak-baar, Parvati becomes Par-vaw-thi. It's quite annoying to hear the names mispronounced when that can be done with some quick research, esp when it is an Indian novel.
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- Makarand
- 14-07-20
uninteresting, stretched and not so well connected
I personally didn't like it much, although I finished it the same. No one strong theme runs through the story. The dots have been connected in a very artificial manner. Of course I can be wrong and might evaluate or understand the novel in a different light some other time.
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- ashis kumar saha
- 28-11-20
an overall good novel to hear.
The story revolves around Indian political scenario. it becomes monotonous and little ambiguous sometimes.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-11-19
Nice book. Irritating recitation.
The book is good but the recitation of secondary character is irritating and spoils the fun.
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