01472cam a2200277 a 4500003000900000003000400009005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104100002100131245002600152264003000178300002400208520068800232650004000920650004100960650004101001650003501042650002801077650002401105651002001129655002401149655002101173PH-MaWHOost20241108112741.0060215r20061980nyu           000 1 eng    a9780330267144  a0330267140  aDLCcWPRO LibrarydDLC1 aRushdie, Salman.10aMidnight's children /  aLondon :bPicador,c1981.  a463 pages ;c21 cm.  aSaleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India's independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, 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; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India's 1,000 other "midnight's children," all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts. 0aInfants switched at birthvFiction. 0aIslamxRelationsxHinduismvFiction. 0aHinduismxRelationsxIslamvFiction. 0aChildren of the richvFiction. 0aPoor childrenvFiction. 0aParanormal fiction. 0aIndiavFiction. 0aHistorical fiction. 0aFantasy fiction.