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For me, a successful piece of magical realism is possible when the constraints and opportunities for the characters are set in some impossible way, which you promptly forget is artificial and become invested in. This is absolutely the case with the way the Midnight's Children can hear each other's voices, and is even mostly the case with the special powers of the main characters. At the end, when we learn about the rush of powers possessed by other Midnight's Children, it did all seem a bit artificial, but it didn't matter so much at that point. Within the world established at the start, it was a lot of fun to watch Saleem buffeted around by the various voices in his life. ( ![]() Personaggi, colori, odori, decenni, passaggi storici, salti temporali, lenzuoli bucati: c'è sovrabbondanza di tutto in questo corposo tomo che si legge d'un fiato grazie a una scrittura di notevole brillantezza. Davvero consigliato, era parecchio che non mi divertivo così tanto a leggere un libro. Ésta es la historia de Saleem Sinai, nacido en Bombay al filo de la medianoche del 15 de agosto de 1947, en el momento mismo en que la India, entre fuegos artificiales y multitudes, alcanza su independencia. El destino de Saleem queda inexorablemente unido al de su país, y sus peripecias personales reflejarán siempre la evolución política de la India o serán reflejadas por ella. Es la historia de un hombre dotado de facultades insólitas pero también la de una generación y la de una familia, lo que la convierte en un retrato completo de toda una época y una cultura. Great store, I liked the narrator for the audiobook (Lyndam Gregory) I don't know enough about the history of India to fully appreciate this, but the story was fascinating. I never knew what to expect next, and there were so many turns and beautiful characters. However, with an unreliable narrator and incoherent ending, I was left a bit lost as to what *actually* happened (which, I suppose, is the whole point...). For a book of its size (it's a big boy), I certainly never grew tired or frustrated with the story.
Midnight's Children is a teeming fable of postcolonial India, told in magical-realist fashion by a telepathic hero born at the stroke of midnight on the day the country became independent. First published in 1981, it was met with little immediate excitement. "The literary map of India is about to be redrawn. . . . What [English-language fiction about India] has been missing is . . . something just a little coarse, a hunger to swallow India whole and spit it out. . . . Now, in 'Midnight's Children,' Salman Rushdie has realized that ambition." Pertany a aquestes col·leccions editorialsTé l'adaptacióTé un estudiTé una guia d'estudi per a estudiants
Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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