Midnight's children epic magical realist saga which deal with the protagonist Saleem Sinai who was born at the first hour of midnight on 15 August 1957 along with 1000 of midnight's children. As his birth was celebrated by the people press and even the prime minister.However as the story progresses his role turned out more than just public display.
Throughout the plot I found that the protagonist Saleem Sinai is constantly entangled with the countries history,politically,metaphysically and mythological.He is gifted with telepathy which allows to communicate with other midnight's children who are gifted with other supernatural ability. I believe he is the only one who can communicate with all the other midnight's children creating something like conference which latter he names is as Midnight's Children Conference (MCC)
I admired Salman Rushdie's work in midnight's children because of innovative storytelling and his ability to show the transformation of India in terms of culture,politics and religion and as an Indian who is not born in India I reckon that I got sheer glimpse on what happens to India after the independence and how much India has changed after the independence
The imagery is lush;the characters are complicated;the language is beautiful and the vocabulary are rich (you might need a dictionary with you when you are reading this book).This chapters are nicely proportioned,allegoric narrative otherwise the rest of it will never fails to surprise you
I find Midnight's children its an interesting to read despite the fact that i had a hard time catching up with the plot as the plot is kind of jumping to and fro Saleem's past and present. It do get into your nerves sometimes.I would have to be honest understanding Salman Rushdie's magnum opus is not a piece of cake like understanding a blueprint of a house.Every walls lies the dark cellar of family secrets. Saleem Sinai is our guide he is definitely not an easy access provider in understanding this story.He deals with similes,allegories ,nostalgias, memories,dreams,illusions and the list goes on.
Well the story is kind of slow paced at the beginning but I would say just be patient,it will never fail to surprise you