historiographic metafiction

Midnight’s Children is a 1981 novel by author Salman Rushdie. It deals with India’s transition from British colonialism to independence and the partition of India. It is considered an example of postcolonial, postmodern, and magical realist literature. The story is told by its chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical events. The style of preserving history with fictional accounts is self-reflexive.