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Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
$12.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
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. Inextr ...Show more
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, at the precise moment of India's independence, the infant Saleem Sinai is celebrated in the press and welcomed by Prime Minister Nehru himself. But, this coincidence of birth has consequences Saleem is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him wit ...Show more
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
"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. Inextri ...Show more
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
$21.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage 21
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. Inextr ...Show more
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
$40.00 NZD
Category: No Category
VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICSBeautiful editions of great books to last a lifetimeA beautiful hardback edition of a modern classic and winner of 'The Best of the Booker' - the best novel from Booker Prize history.Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is ...Show more
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
$37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 Quichotte is a love story of profound tenderness and humanity from a great storyteller at his brilliant best. Wise, beautifully written, as heartbreaking as it is wildly comic, its characters unforgettable, its plot dazzlingly suspenseful, Quichotte illuminates our ...Show more
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
$16.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
In a tour-de-force that is both an homage to an immortal work of literature and a modern masterpiece about the quest for love and family, Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie has created a dazzling Don Quixote for the modern age. Inspired by the Cervantes classic, Sam ...Show more
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children (modern library) by Salman Rushdie
$0.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
The life of a man born at the moment of India's independence becomes inextricably linked to that of his nation and is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirror modern India's course.
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
$26.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good
The place is Los Angeles, 1991. Maximilian Ophuls is knifed to death on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter India, slaughtered by his Kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar, the Clown. The dead man is a World War II Resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability ...Show more
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
$59.95 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Los Angeles, 1991. Ambassador Maximilian Ophuls, one of the makers of the modern world, is murdered in broad daylight on his illegitimate daughter India's doorstep, slaughtered by a knife wielded by his Kashmiri Muslim driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown. The dead man is a W ...Show more
Shame by Salman Rushdie
$28.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good
Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared the symptoms of pregnancy, as they did everything else, inseparably. At their six breasts, Omar was warned against all feelings and nuances of shame. It was training which would prove useful when he left his mothers' fortress (via the dumb-waiter) to face ...Show more