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Trauma and the Partition of India: A Literary Exploration
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Which novel by Salman Rushdie explores the trauma of the Partition of India through the lens of a family saga?
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Midnight's Children
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Midnight's Children is a magical realism novel that tells the story of Saleem Sinai, a boy born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the day of India's independence. The novel follows Saleem's life as he grows up in a newly independent India, and explores the trauma of the Partition through the lens of his family's experiences.