Martina Santostasi Salman Rushdie

SalmanRushdie Born in Bombay

The family was Muslim

Educated in Cambridge

Worked as actorand copywriter

…Some of his works…

«Grimus»

• «The Satanic Verses»

«The SatanicVerses»

Allusive againstMohammed

Consideredblasphemousby Muslims

Provoked a fatwa

Rushdie forcedto live under protection

But his masterpiece is

«Midnight’s Children»

Introductionto «Midnight’sChildren»

1001 children wereborn on 15 thAugust 1947 at midnight...

… India became

Indipendent !!!

1001 childrens: one is Saleem

These childrens have special powers

Saleem can penetrate the mind

Awarded the Booker Prize for «Midnight’schildren»

Narration as a combination of

myth

fantasyh i s t o r y

traditionsimagination

Martina Santostasi

Classe 5°A Scientifico Tecnologico

a.s. 2012/2013

IISS G.GalileiMonopoli