1. Salman
Rushdie
 Born in Bombay
 The family was
Muslim
 Educated in
Cambridge
 Worked as actor
and copywriter

2. …Some of his works…
«Grimus»
• «The Satanic Verses»

3. «The Satanic
Verses»
 Allusive against
Mohammed
 Considered
blasphemous
by Muslims
 Provoked a
fatwa
 Rushdie forced
to live under
protection

4. But his masterpiece is
«Midnight’s Children»

5. Introduction
to «Midnight’s
Children»

6. 1001
children were
born on 15 th
August 1947
at midnight...

7. … India became
Indipendent !!!

8. 1001 childrens: one is Saleem
These childrens have special powers

9. Saleem can
penetrate the
mind

10. Awarded the
Booker Prize for
«Midnight’s
children»

11. Narration as a combination of
myth
fantasy
h i s t o r y
traditions
imagination

12. Martina
Santostasi
Classe 5°A
Scientifico
Tecnologico
a.s. 2012/2013
IISS G.Galilei
Monopoli