MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN (Record no. 255364)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-0-099-58207-6 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823/RUS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | RUSHDIE,SALMAN |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | LONDON |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | VINTAGE BOOKS |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 647 |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 499.00 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Midnight's Children: two children born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947--the moment at which India became an independent nation--are switched in the hospital. The infant scion of a wealthy Muslim family is sent to be raised in a Hindu tenement, while the legitimate heir to such squalor ends up establishing squatters' rights to his unlucky hospital mate's luxurious bassinet. Switched babies are standard fare for a Hindi film, and one can't help but feel that Rushdie's world-view--and certainly his sense of the fantastical--has been shaped by the films of his childhood. But whereas the movies, while entertaining, are markedly mediocre, Midnight's Children is a masterpiece, brilliant written, wildly unpredictable, hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure.<br/>Rushdie's narrator, Saleem Sinai, is the Hindu child raised by wealthy Muslims. Near the beginning of the novel, he informs us that he is falling apart--literally: <br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | NOVEL,INDEPENDENCE,TELEPATHIC POWER |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research | Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research | Fiction / Novel | 29/11/2014 | RADIANT BOOK SERVICE | 499.00 | 823/RUS | SICSR-B-18680 | 03/11/2020 | Books | NOVEL,INDEPENDENCE,TELEPATHIC POWER | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | Symbiosis International University Central Library | Symbiosis International University Central Library | 19/02/2016 | Atta Galatta | 499.00 | 823 RUS | SIU-B-49630 | 12/02/2022 | Books |
