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Midnight's Children

Written by: Salman Rushdie
Narrated by: Lyndam Gregory
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Man Booker Prize Winner, 1981

Salman Rushdie holds the literary world in awe with a jaw-dropping catalog of critically acclaimed novels that have made him one of the world's most celebrated authors. Winner of the prestigious Booker of Bookers, Midnight's Children tells the story of Saleem Sinai, born on the stroke of India's independence.

©1981 Salman Rushdie (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological South Asian Creators

What the critics say

“Burgeons with life, with exuberance and fantasy . . . Rushdie is a writer of courage, impressive strength, and sheer stylistic brilliance.” (The Washington Post Book World)

“A marvelous epic . . . Rushdie’s prose snaps into playback and flash-forward . . . stopping on images, vistas, and characters of unforgettable presence. Their range is as rich as India herself.” (Newsweek)

“Extraordinary . . . one of the most important [novels] to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation.” (The New York Review of Books)
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One of the greatest works of literature of all time and the narrator tells the story perfectly. Some people may not enjoy this book, especially if they have no experience of India, or an understanding of Indian history.

One of the best books of modern times

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Tried listening to my favourite book of all time, and this narration is absolutely spot on. I wish that LG would narrate all of Rushdie’s books.

Perfect

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I've got him on 0.85 x speed and it's still hard to understand. In between his speaking.so fast it's practically rapping it's so sloooowwww. Who on Earth actually reads like this

He talks faster every time there's a list.

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A fascinating story and probably the best narration of any audio book I've ever listened to. The characters were brought to life

Fantastic narrator

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This was probably the worst book I've read in a very long time. The story is uninteresting unless you have a deep connection with stories "what's his name" that take forever to go anywhere and engage you.

I made it 8 hrs into the audio book and after numerous instances where I braced myself waiting for anything of importance to happen, it just dissapointed further.

This is the only book I've ever refunded in my entire life.

You've been warned.

Did not bother to finish

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How on earth could this dreadful book have ever won the Booker? It’s only the second book I simply refuse to finish. Dreadful!

Absolutely awful!!!

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Flashes of brilliance, some sections that are compelling, but I found the rambling historical, political sections really tedious. Overall not a book I would recommend.

First and last Rushdie novel I'll read

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Author’s disdain for his Kashmiri background is rivalled only by his hatred for the religion of his birth, Islam. Even Ingrid Falaise, a Canadian woman writer who suffered enormously at the hands of her physically abusive husband, describes Islam with more reverence when she describes the religion of her ex-husband than Rushdie does in this novel.

While Rushdie leaves no stone unturned in describing Indian politics, not a single word is devoted to describe the raison d’être for Kashmir’s indigenous struggle for independence from India dating back 70 years, which is well documented and recognized by the UN.
My favourite part of the story is when he describes India as ‘modern’ where low-caste widowed women are still subjected to a life of misery and neglect by the Indian society when their husbands die as opposed to being thrown alive into their husband’s funeral pyres a few decades ago.

Very Modern indeed!

Imaginative but chock full of inconsistencies

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