{"product_id":"9780812969030","title":"Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn collaboration with Simon Reade, Tim Supple and the Royal Shakespeare Society, Salman Rushdie has adapted his masterpiece for the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021681377520,"sku":"9780812969030","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812969030_p0.jpg?v=1763741209","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812969030","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}