SALMAN RUSHDIE

How does a man live with the constant threat of murder? How does he continue to work when deprived of his freedom? How does he sustain friendships, or fall in and out of love? How does he fight back? For over a decade, Salman Rushdie lived with a death sentence to his name. He dwelt in a world of secrecy and disguise, a world of security guards and...

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 tall, yellow-haired young European traveler calling himself 'Mogor dell 'Amore', the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather...

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Dzieci północy to obszerna epicka opowieść o powojennej historii Indii. Jak zwykle u Rushdiego prawdzie historycznej towarzyszy tu fikcja, a postacie autentyczne spotykają się z wytworami imaginacji pisarza. Jak zwykle też książka wywołała skandal oraz ostre protesty niepochlebnie sportretowanej w niej Indiry Gandhi. W ramach znanych z historii...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeWinner of the Booker of BookersSaleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India's independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of...