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001			ocm32778551
003			OCoLC
005			20161208155214.0
008			950619s1995 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 95024392
020			_a0679420495
020			_a9780679420491
020			_a0676506909 (pbk.)
020			_a9780676506907 (pbk.)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dVSL _dFIT _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dOCLCQ _dYJA _dOCLCQ _dTUU
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050	0	0	_aPR6068.U757 _bM66 1995
082	0	0	_a823/.914 _220
100	1		_aRushdie, Salman. _926755
245	1	4	_aThe Moor's last sigh /
250			_a1st American ed.
260			_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, _cc1995.
300			_a435 p. ; _c25 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: London : J. Cape.
505	0		_aA house divided -- Malabar Masala -- Bombay central -- 'The Moor's last sigh'.
520			_aA family saga reflecting the troubled state of India. The protagonists are four generations of the da Gama, who became wealthy in the spice trade before declining into gangsterism. Their tale is narrated by the family's last descendant and he attributes their fall to bickering, a reflection of Hindu-Moslem strife plaguing India today. Peopled with odd characters--the narrator is the product of a Jewish father and a Christian mother--the novel is a pessimistic counterpoint to the author's optimistic Midnight's Children, on India's struggle for independence.
650		0	_aMothers and sons _vFiction. _93364
650		0	_aSpice trade _vFiction. _933164
650		0	_aDomestic fiction. _94679
651		0	_aIndia _vFiction. _91793
655		0	_aDomestic fiction. _94679
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random044/95024392.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/95024392.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random049/95024392.html
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