Victory City The mesmerising novel from the Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of Midnight's Children
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09.02.2023
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9781473591905
She will breathe a new empire into life - but all worlds can escape their creator...
'Mesmerising...an epic tribute to the power of words' ELIF SHAFAK
'Full of adventure... A celebration of the power of storytelling' GUARDIAN
In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, 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 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.
'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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I will probably defend Salman Rushdie's position as the greatest living novelist as long as he (or I) lives. As usual, I am not as enthused by his current novel as I was by "The Satanic Verses", but this is still an amazing piece of art. I am not sure whether I have come across one of his novels with as central a protagonist as Pampa Kampana is here. She is not only the protagonist but also the de-facto claimed author of the story. Most other character are defined by their relationships with her - she is the mother of her daughters, lover to several men, and creator of a while society, and it is this mix of almost omnipotence and vulnerability that makes her such a rich character. That is not a new recipe of course - every good superhero story has the same characteristics - but Rushdie is so layered that this does not feel like a retread of a formulaic plot. Of course, Rushdie uses elements of myth here, which also makes it likely for characters to be predominantly good or evil - and yet the villains get a decent amount of humanity as well - they are not evil for the same of it but do have their motivations, which usually extend beyond hunger for power. This is certainly one of favorite reads of 2023.
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