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050	0	0	_aPR6068.U757 _bM5 1995
082	0	0	_aFIC RUS
100	1		_aRushdie, Salman, 1947-
245	1	0	_aMidnight's children _c/ Salman Rushdie ; with an introduction by Anita Desai
260			_aNew York _b: A.A. Knopf _c, c1995.
300			_axxxi, 589 p. _c; 21 cm.
490	0		_aEveryman's library _v; 217
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xxiii).
520			_aBorn at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India's independence, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs, and telepathic powers link him with the other children born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.
650		0	_aInfants switched at birth _x--Fiction
650		0	_aIslam _x--Relations _z--Hinduism _y--Fiction
650			_aChildren of the rich _v--Fiction
650			_aPoor children _v--Fiction
650		4	_aSupernatural-- _vFiction
651		4	_aIndia _v--Fiction
655		7	_aEpic literature
942			_cMO
999			_c247597 _d247597