Literary Drama
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989
An English butler reflects on a life of service and the love he never voiced.
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Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
Children born at the moment of India's independence are bound to the nation's fate.
- First published (per catalogue record)
- 1981
- Subgenre
- Magical Realism
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