Midnight's Children

“Abracadabra,” I reach the end of my long-winded autobiography; in words and pickles, I have immortalized my memories…

国族传记与身体崩解并进，收束到腌制记忆，故情节 91。

To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world.

叙述者透镜统领群像，故人物 90。

I WAS BORN in the city of Bombay … once upon a time. No, that won’t do, there’s no getting away from the date…

插叙多，靠声音维持，故节奏 85。

I WAS BORN in the city of Bombay … once upon a time. No, that won’t do, there’s no getting away from the date: I was born… on August 15th, 1947.

口语狂欢与史诗并置，文笔极强，故 96。

To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world.

独立史与魔法网络厚实，故世界观 97。

I WAS BORN in the city of Bombay … once upon a time. No, that won’t do, there’s no getting away from the date…

童话被日期打断，钩子极强，故 98。

to understand me, you’ll have to swallow a world.

个人身体=国族寓言高峰，故创新 98。

“Abracadabra,” I reach the end of my long-winded autobiography; in words and pickles, I have immortalized my memories, although distortions are inevitable in both methods.

腌制记忆收束主题，故结局 94。