Midnight's Children Author: Salman Rushdie
	Book Information Publisher: Penguin USA Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 8 Rating: 5 ISBN-13: 9780380580996 - ISBN-10: 0380580993 Publication Date: 1/1991 Book Reviews

An allegory of modern India, "Midnight's Children" is a family saga set against the volatile events of the thirty years following the country's independence--the partitioning of India and Pakistan, the rule of Indira Gandhi, the onset of violence and war, and the imposition of martial law. It is a magical and haunting tale, of fragmentation and of the struggle for identity and belonging that links personal life with national history. In collaboration with Simon Reade, Tim Supple and the Royal Shakespeare Society, Salman Rushdie has adapted his masterpiece for the stage.