Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, “The Misstress of Spices: A Novel”, 1997 also was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Salman Rushdie, “Midnight’s Children”, 1981 which was a magic realism novel that was adapted to film in 2013 by the Indian writer.
The protagonist is Saleem Sinai who is born in Bombay, INDIA on the stroke of midnight 15 August 1947. This is the very moment of Indias’s Independence.
Protagonist Saleem Sinai is born telepathic; and, all other India children born at the moment of India Independence are also telepathic.
Telepathy is a common theme in modern fiction and science fiction, with many extraterrestrials, superheroes, and supervillains having telepathic abilities.
The table of contents of the novel is shown BELOW; and, there are three book sections (7, 15, & 8 chapter sections) of a total 30 chapters.
This is a magic realism novel that begins with telepathic Indian children in chapter #1. The final chapter of the book is entitled “Abracadabra” (a magic saying).
Talking in fiction writing is known as dialogue; and, describing anything is known as narrative.
Simply put, dialogue is narrative conveyed through speech by two or more characters.
In prose writing, lines of dialogue are typically identified by the use of quotation marks and a dialogue tag, such as “she said”. In plays, lines of dialogue are preceded by the name of the character speaking.
Here I presented: Salman Rushdie, “Midnight’s Children”, 1981 which was a novel that was adapted to film in 2013 by the Indian writer.
It is a magic realism novel, with the protagonist Saleem Sinai and other children born at the moment of India Independence (midnight 15 August 1947) being telepathic.
