tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post3776204133520775580..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Books in 2013: #7 - Midnight's Children by Salman RushdieNikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-90376950617862152672013-06-14T10:13:21.725-04:002013-06-14T10:13:21.725-04:00Hi,
I've just finished reading the book a few ...Hi,<br />I've just finished reading the book a few days ago and I must confess I only read it because I'm reading through a list of the 100 best books in world literature and this book is on that list. If you'd like to read my review here's the link to it: <a href="http://lebookaffair.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Book Affair</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577311734280606482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-67462461853547769232013-05-26T00:53:23.015-04:002013-05-26T00:53:23.015-04:00Nikki, to fully understand Rushdie's novels, y...Nikki, to fully understand Rushdie's novels, you have to begin with his first, <i>Grimus</i>, which while not he best, outlines in its plot the basic influences that appear in the rest of Rushdie, especially his debt to Dante's <i>Paradisio</i>. <br /><br />A lot of people feel Rushdie's trilogy, <i>Midnight's Children </i>, <i>Fury</i>, and <i>Satanic Verses</i> represent his personal movement from India, through Pakistan to England as a (post)-colonial writer. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474623954925835867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-4518145787557017422013-05-24T10:12:23.282-04:002013-05-24T10:12:23.282-04:00This is one that I should pick up, now that I'...This is one that I should pick up, now that I've seen the film. I'm already interested in the history. <br /><br />I think it's sad that people think books are something to give up when you leave school and don't HAVE to read them anymore. <br /><br />Then again, I'm sad that so much of television is made up of reality shows.Colleen/redeem147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-70925569472431654152013-05-22T17:38:33.681-04:002013-05-22T17:38:33.681-04:00Nikki,
This review was delightful and as a former...Nikki,<br /><br />This review was delightful and as a former English major and English grad student myself, I could totally relight. Your experience with Glaskell reminds me of when a prof assigned my class to read the Mystery of Edwin Drood! I remember my friends and I agonizing over the fact that we would never know the answer to the mystery.<br /><br />Midnight's Children had also been on my to-read list for over a decade. Maybe I will finally tackle it this summer now that you have inspired me. You have to stop writing such great reviews and books about t.v., though, to leave me more time to read fiction. ;)Suzannenoreply@blogger.com