Salman Rushdie Victory City Paperback Book

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 SHAFAKFull of adventure... A celebration of the power of storytelling GUARDIANIn the wake of an unimportant battle between two longforgotten kingdoms, a nineyearold 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 Kampanas life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnagas 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 TIMESOne of the planets greatest writers EVENING STANDARDA triumph... Enthralling IA FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK | Salman Rushdie Victory City Paperback Book