01598cam a2200289 a 4500 PH-MaWHO ost 20241108112741.0 060215r20061980nyu 000 1 eng 9780330267144 0330267140 DLC WPRO Library DLC Rushdie, Salman. 675151 Midnight's children / London : Picador, 1981. 463 pages ; 21 cm. Saleem 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. Infants switched at birth Fiction. 675152 Islam Relations Hinduism Fiction. 675153 Hinduism Relations Islam Fiction. 675154 Children of the rich Fiction. 674737 Poor children Fiction. 675155 Paranormal fiction. 675156 India Fiction. 675157 Historical fiction. 674578 Fantasy fiction. 674671 17892 17892 0 0 0 0 FIC WPRO WPRO Mez 2024-07-05 donation 0 FIC RUS Midnight's FIC0092 2024-06-03 00:00:00 MONO