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Victory City
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The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries - from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie. She will breathe a new empire into life - but all...
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The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries - from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie.
She will breathe a new empire into life - but all worlds can escape their creator...
Victory City opens in the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, where a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga, 'victory city'.
Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's as she attempts to fulfil the task set for her by the goddessβto give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. However, all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and Bisnaga is no exception.
'Full of adventure... A celebration of the power of storytelling' - GUARDIAN
'Mesmerising' - ELIF SHAFAK, author of The Island of Missing Trees
'A total pleasure to read' - SUNDAY TIMES
'One of the planet's greatest writers' - EVENING STANDARD
'A triumph... Enthralling' - I
A FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529920864
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 February 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 194.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Salman Rushdie is the author of fifteen previous novels, including Midnight's Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte (which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize). A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.
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