Victory City
Victory City
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Author
Author
Salman Rushdie / Салман Рушди
Dimension
Dimension
162x240mm (6,4'x9,4')
ISBN
ISBN
9781787333444
Format
Format
Hardcover
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
352
Publisher
Publisher
Vintage
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
2023
Victory City
She will whisper an empire into existence - but all stories have a way of getting away from their creators . . .
In the wake of an insignificant 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 tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga - literally 'victory city' - the wonder of the world.
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 as years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, Bisnaga is no exception.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Author:Salman Rushdie - Салман Рушди
Publisher:Vintage
Language:English
Publication Date:2023
Number of pages:352 pst
Format:Hardcover
Width:162 mm / 6,4'
Height:240 mm / 9,4'
Weight:573 g
ISBN:9781787333444