Abracadabra! But nothing happens, we do not turn into toads, angels do not fly in through the window: the lad is just flexing his muscles. I shall not see his miracles … Amid Mary’s celebrations of Aadam’s achievement, I go back to Padma, and the factory; my son’s enigmatic first incursion into language has left a worrying fragrance in my nostrils.
Last Week | Reading Schedule | Characters | Further Resources
Welcome to Week 13, the final week of a slow read of Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is Footnotes & Tangents, a book group and reading community where we take our time to live inside great stories.
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This week, we finish Midnight’s Children by reading the chapters “Midnight” and “Abracadabra”. On my website, there is a reading schedule, with bookmarks designed by Lex Knowlton, a list of characters and a page of further resources.
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