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1 juin 2017
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufr.3813
- eisbn: 9782869064546
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Liliane Ruf-Burac, « Midnight's Children or the Pickles of History », Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, ID : 10.4000/books.pufr.3813
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The background to Midnight's Children is the history of India's Independence and its aftermath. The story is told by a narrator who links the history of the nation to that of his family. Why Midnight's Children? There were a thousand and one children born in the first hour of India's Independence, on August 15th 1947, at the stroke of the Midnight hour, "at the precise instant of India's arrival at Independence". The narrator is one of the Midnight Children, Saleem, and he announces his birth...