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Midnight's Children: Salman Rushdie in Conversation

4 Extra Debut. Salman Rushdie talks to director Emma Harding about his novel, Midnight's Children, and all it represents. From 2017.

Salman Rushdie talks to radio drama director Emma Harding about his multi-award winning novel - Midnight's Children.

They discuss the initial impetus for the novel and the mirroring of his own life as a child born 70 years ago in 1947, the year of India's Partition.

Rushdie also talks about the break-through moment of finding Saleem's voice, his attempt to represent the multiplicity of India in a single novel, and his pessimism about the direction of travel of India and Pakistan today.

Producer: Emma Harding

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in August 2017.

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15 minutes

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Thu 28 Oct 2021 21:45
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  • Mon 14 Aug 2017 23:30
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  • Tue 15 Aug 2017 16:30
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  • Tue 15 Aug 2017 22:45
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  • Sun 24 Oct 2021 10:45
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  • Sun 24 Oct 2021 21:45
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  • Thu 28 Oct 2021 11:45
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  • Thu 28 Oct 2021 21:45
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