Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie | Fiction Book Club

Host: Sherry

Suggested by: Carol H.
Pages to read: 593
ISBN: 9780812976533 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9780307744111 (Edition Eugene is using)

Community Guidelines:
https://www.inquiryreviews.com/p/discussion-expectations.html

Eugene's review of the book:
https://www.inquiryreviews.com/2023/04/review-of-midnights-children-by-salman.html

Upcoming event:
https://www.meetup.com/Inquiry-Non-Fiction-Book-Club-for-Inquiring-Minds/events/

Forthcoming Associated Events:
1 - State Sovereignty (Nonfiction) - 07/15/2023 = From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290195743/)
2 - State Sovereignty (Nonfiction) - 07/22/2023 = Desert Queen: Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290195761/)
3 - Fiction - 09/02/2023 = The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290196118/)
4 - Fiction - 09/30/2023 = Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290196449/)
5 - Fiction - 11/18/2023 = Berlin by Jason Lutes (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290196525/)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•Who are the Midnight’s children?
•Who is the narrator and why is the narrator narrating?
•How did the narrator govern the Midnight’s Children Conference?
•Who is Padma?
•Do games have morals?
•What powers did the children of midnight have?
•How did the children use their powers?
•How does memory work?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.