{"product_id":"midnights-children-salman-rushdie-9780812969030","title":"Midnight's Children: Adapted for the Theatre","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe original stage adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, winner of the 1993 Booker of Bookers, the best book to win the Booker Prize in its first twenty-five years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the moments of upheaval that surround the stroke of midnight on August 14--15, 1947, the day India proclaimed its independence from Great Britain, 1,001 children are born--each of whom is gifted with supernatural powers. \u003cb\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/b\u003e focuses on the fates of two of them--the illegitimate son of a poor Hindu woman and the male heir of a wealthy Muslim family--who become inextricably linked when a midwife switches the boys at birth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn allegory of modern India, \u003cb\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn collaboration with Simon Reade, Tim Supple and the Royal Shakespeare Society, Salman Rushdie has adapted his masterpiece for the stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Salman Rushdie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812969030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812969030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.14w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e43294 \/ Midnight's Children\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Salman Rushdie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44212992311551,"sku":"9780812969030","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5997c2d3-b545-46de-abdf-11e6687e0535.jpg?v=1692111438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/midnights-children-salman-rushdie-9780812969030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}