I figli della mezzanotte

Paperback, 644 pages

Italian language

Published March 25, 2014 by Oscar Mondadori.

ISBN:
978-88-04-58360-8
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OCLC Number:
928762810

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I “figli della mezzanotte” sono i bambini nati il 15 agosto 1947, allo scoccare della mezzanotte: il momento, cioè, in cui l’India proclamò la propria indipendenza. Possiedono tutti doti straordinarie: forza erculea, capacità di diventare invisibili e di viaggiare nel tempo, bellezza soprannaturale. Ma nessuno è capace di penetrare nel cuore e nella mente degli uomini come Saleem Sinai, il protagonista di questo romanzo che, ormai in punto di morte, racconta la propria tragicomica storia; una vicenda surreale attorno a cui si dipana una grandiosa saga familiare, un magnifico canto corale sullo sfondo della storia dell’India del Ventesimo secolo. --back cover

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I wanted to read this book for a long time. It sounds awesome, a kid born right at midnight as newly partitioned India officially is declared independent of Britian, and he eventually learns he has magic abilities that include the ability to communicate telepathically with all other kids that were born in the first hour since the country's birth.

It, however, is not good. I find nothing redeeming about this story. Nothing happens in the entire first section of the book, to the point the protagonist's wife even goes about interrupting the story asking him to get to the good part. It's kind of meta, but not in the fun way. When we got to section II it kept feeling like it was just about to get good, just enough to keep my reading. Yet, nothing ever came interesting. I read some 400 pages before I gave up on it. …

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