When Midnight’s Children was released in 1981, The New York Times pronounced that “the literary map of India is about to be redrawn.” The book tells the story of Saleem Sinai—whose birth ...

Wordless and eloquent, “The Midnight Fair” offers true enchantment for children ages 3 to 8. In Steve Light’s buoyant picture book “Road Trip!” (Candlewick, 40 pages, $16.99), four ...

The Midnight Children, a juvenile fiction selection ... Read this suspense filled book to see if Virginia and the orphans are caught by their predator and have to return to the “not so nice ...

This could be my low expectations talking, but I think “Midnight’s Children” does about as well as possible by Salman Rushdie’s landmark novel. The book is so aggressively literary as to ...

Forty years after the publication of “Midnight’s Children,” author Salman Rushdie said he believes the India he was brought up in “is crumbling.” His acclaimed book, which won the Booker ...

Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" was recently named "The Best of the Booker" in an online survey of 8,000 voters. His latest novel is "The Enchantress of Florence." One day in 1976 -- I’m ...

“Midnight’s Children” was published more than 30 years ago, and it made Salman Rushdie a literary star. The novel won the Booker Prize, beating out such books as Muriel Spark’s ...

There was no need to reach out to the public for funds when it came to making a film version of Salman Rushdie's 1981 book "Midnight's Children." After all, the story was a proven hit. The novel ...

Dan Gemeinhart’s latest book, “The Midnight Children,” is light compared with “The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise,” but weighty nonetheless. By Craig Morgan Teicher When you ...

part of the world of Midnight’s Children. While the novel remains the core, the Mehta-Rushdie collaboration advances our efforts to understand and appreciate what’s going on in the book.