Overview
Salman Rushdie is one of Timeās 100 Most Influential People of the Year ā¢ āVictory City is a triumphānot because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting.āāThe Atlantic
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Chicago Public Library, Polygon, The Globe and Mail, Bookreporter
In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who begins to speak out of the girlās mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampanaās comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnagaāāvictory cityāāthe wonder of the world.
Over the next 250 years, Pampa Kampanaās life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnagaās, from its literal sowing from a bag of magic seeds to its tragic ruination in the most human of ways: the hubris of those in power. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that the goddess set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and Bisnaga is no exception. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestryāwith Pampa Kampana at its center.
Brilliantly styled as a translation of an ancient epic, Victory City is a saga of love, adventure, and myth that is in itself a testament to the power of storytelling.
This book title, Victory City (A Novel), ISBN: 9780593243411, by Salman Rushdie, published by Random House Publishing Group (January 30, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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