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Random House Publishing Group
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0593243390
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Victory City : a Novel
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352 Pages
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English
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Cultural Heritage, Sagas, Magical Realism, Literary, Historical, Fantasy / Historical
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2023
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Fiction
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Hardcover
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Reviews
" Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name. A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill, "An awe-inspiring saga." -- TIME Magazine "It's splendid that Salman Rushdie has a new novel out.... Better still, it's a cracker. Purportedly a rediscovered ancient epic, it's about the transformative power of human creativity, the enduring ability of art to shape the world." -- The Guardian "Rushdie's formidable powers of imagination and myth-making remain unrivaled." -- Esquire "Rushdie has already proven himself of his generation's most adept literary stars, and his forthcoming epic fantasy novel promises to be one of the best releases of the year." -- The Week "Rushdie is one of our greatest living writers, and his new novel looks frankly amazing.... Victory City promises literary fantasy of the highest order." -- Goodreads "Salman Rushdie has created a radiant myth about mythmaking. Victory City is a book that privileges the ethical imagination and the unmistakable permanence of storytelling. Within these pages, you will find global travelers, rapacious kings, cave dwellers, prophets of doom, and, at its fierce and eloquent heart, a storyteller who reminds us that death may take away a lot of things, but never the power of our words. Beyond war, beyond violence, even beyond life itself, the story, and the storyteller, last." --Colum McCann " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham "Salman Rushdie is a genius and I wish he could read me a story--or a chapter of his book--every night before bed. The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, "[An] awe-inspiring saga that looks at what it's really like to be the center of the universe." -- Time (one of the most anticipated books of 2023) "It's splendid that Salman Rushdie has a new novel out. . . . Better still, it's a cracker. Purportedly a rediscovered ancient epic, it's about the transformative power of human creativity, the enduring ability of art to shape the world." -- The Guardian (fiction to look out for in 2023) "Rushdie has already proven himself of his generation's most adept literary stars, and his forthcoming epic fantasy novel promises to be one of the best releases of the year." -- The Week (one of the must-read books in early 2023) "Rushdie is one of our greatest living writers, and his new novel looks frankly amazing. . . . Victory City promises literary fantasy of the highest order." -- Goodreads (one of readers' most anticipated books of 2023) "Salman Rushdie has created a radiant myth about mythmaking. Victory City is a book that privileges the ethical imagination and the unmistakable permanence of storytelling. Within these pages, you will find global travelers, rapacious kings, cave dwellers, prophets of doom, and, at its fierce and eloquent heart, a storyteller who reminds us that death may take away a lot of things, but never the power of our words. Beyond war, beyond violence, even beyond life itself, the story, and the storyteller, last." --Colum McCann " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham "Salman Rushdie is a genius and I wish he could read me a story--or a chapter of his book--every night before bed. The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, "[An] awe-inspiring saga that looks at what it's really like to be the center of the universe." -- Time (one of the most anticipated books of 2023) "It's splendid that Salman Rushdie has a new novel out. . . . Better still, it's a cracker. Purportedly a rediscovered ancient epic, it's about the transformative power of human creativity, the enduring ability of art to shape the world." -- The Guardian (fiction to look out for in 2023) "Rushdie has already proven himself of his generation's most adept literary stars, and his forthcoming epic fantasy novel promises to be one of the best releases of the year." -- The Week (one of the must-read books in early 2023) "Salman Rushdie has created a radiant myth about mythmaking. Victory City is a book that privileges the ethical imagination and the unmistakable permanence of storytelling. Within these pages, you will find global travelers, rapacious kings, cave dwellers, prophets of doom, and, at its fierce and eloquent heart, a storyteller who reminds us that death may take away a lot of things, but never the power of our words. Beyond war, beyond violence, even beyond life itself, the story, and the storyteller, last." --Colum McCann " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham "Salman Rushdie is a genius and I wish he could read me a story--or a chapter of his book--every night before bed. The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name. A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends "Salman Rushdie is a genius and I wish he could read me a story--or a chapter of his book--every night before bed. The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity, and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A.M. Homes, author of The Unfolding "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill, "Salman Rushdie has created a radiant myth about mythmaking. Victory City is a book that privileges the ethical imagination and the unmistakable permanence of storytelling. Within these pages, you will find global travelers, rapacious kings, cave dwellers, prophets of doom, and, at its fierce and eloquent heart, a storyteller who reminds us that death may take away a lot of things, but never the power of our words. Beyond war, beyond violence, even beyond life itself, the story, and the storyteller, last." --Colum McCann, New York Times bestselling author of Apeirogon " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours "Salman Rushdie is a genius and I wish he could read me a story--or a chapter of his book--every night before bed. The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes, author of The Unfolding "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Memorial Drive "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill "Reading this book will make you feel the same excitement you felt at discovering the Brothers Grimm when you were a child--but it's for grown-ups! It will show you the adult world in a whole new light. Only a master storyteller can do that." --Jarvis Cocker, author of Good Pop, Bad Pop, "In its haunting, uncanny, predictive power 'Victory City' shows once again why [Salman Rushdie's] work will always matter." -- The New York Times Book Review " Victory City is a triumph--not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting.... When you think about it, Rushdie's novels are a miracle." -- The Atlantic "'Victory City' feels like a return to form, recalling the kind of reality-bending, effortlessly erudite world-building that first defined [Rushdie's] style--and may be key to his literary legacy." -- Los Angeles Times "One of Rushdie's most joyful [books]." -- The Times (UK) "[An] awe-inspiring saga." -- Time "A lavish fairytale [with] an infectious sense of fun." -- The Guardian "Rushdie has already proven himself of his generation's most adept literary stars, and his forthcoming epic fantasy novel promises to be one of the best releases of the year." -- The Week "Salman Rushdie has created a radiant myth about mythmaking. Victory City is a book that privileges the ethical imagination and the unmistakable permanence of storytelling. Within these pages, you will find global travelers, rapacious kings, cave dwellers, prophets of doom, and, at its fierce and eloquent heart, a storyteller who reminds us that death may take away a lot of things, but never the power of our words. Beyond war, beyond violence, even beyond life itself, the story, and the storyteller, last." --Colum McCann " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham "The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, "In its haunting, uncanny, predictive power Victory City shows once again why [Salman Rushdie's] work will always matter." -- The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) " Victory City is a triumph--not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting. . . . When you think about it, Rushdie's novels are a miracle." -- The Atlantic " Victory City feels like a return to form, recalling the kind of reality-bending, effortlessly erudite world-building that first defined [Rushdie's] style--and may be key to his literary legacy." -- Los Angeles Times "One of Rushdie's most joyful [books]." -- The Times (U.K.) "[An] awe-inspiring saga." -- Time "A lavish fairytale [with] an infectious sense of fun." -- The Guardian "Rushdie has already proven himself of his generation's most adept literary stars, and his forthcoming epic fantasy novel promises to be one of the best releases of the year." -- The Week "Salman Rushdie has created a radiant myth about mythmaking. Victory City is a book that privileges the ethical imagination and the unmistakable permanence of storytelling. Within these pages, you will find global travelers, rapacious kings, cave dwellers, prophets of doom, and, at its fierce and eloquent heart, a storyteller who reminds us that death may take away a lot of things, but never the power of our words. Beyond war, beyond violence, even beyond life itself, the story, and the storyteller, last." --Colum McCann " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham "The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours "Salman Rushdie is a genius and I wish he could read me a story--or a chapter of his book--every night before bed. The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes, author of The Unfolding "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead-on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more important--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Memorial Drive "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill, "In its haunting, uncanny, predictive power Victory City shows once again why [Salman Rushdie's] work will always matter." -- The New York Times Book Review " Victory City is a triumph--not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting. . . . When you think about it, Rushdie's novels are a miracle." -- The Atlantic " Victory City feels like a return to form, recalling the kind of reality-bending, effortlessly erudite world-building that first defined [Rushdie's] style--and may be key to his literary legacy." -- Los Angeles Times "One of Rushdie's most joyful [books]." -- The Times (U.K.) "[An] awe-inspiring saga." -- Time "A lavish fairytale [with] an infectious sense of fun." -- The Guardian "Rushdie has already proven himself of his generation's most adept literary stars, and his forthcoming epic fantasy novel promises to be one of the best releases of the year." -- The Week "Salman Rushdie has created a radiant myth about mythmaking. Victory City is a book that privileges the ethical imagination and the unmistakable permanence of storytelling. Within these pages, you will find global travelers, rapacious kings, cave dwellers, prophets of doom, and, at its fierce and eloquent heart, a storyteller who reminds us that death may take away a lot of things, but never the power of our words. Beyond war, beyond violence, even beyond life itself, the story, and the storyteller, last." --Colum McCann " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham "The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours "Salman Rushdie is a genius and I wish he could read me a story--or a chapter of his book--every night before bed. The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes, author of The Unfolding "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we've made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Memorial Drive "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill "Reading this book will make you feel the same excitement you felt at discovering the Brothers Grimm when you were a child--but it's for grown-ups! It will show you the adult world in a whole new light. Only a master storyteller can do that." --Jarvis Cocker, author of Good Pop, Bad Pop, "In its haunting, uncanny, predictive power Victory City shows once again why [Salman Rushdie''s] work will always matter." -- The New York Times Book Review (Editors'' Choice) " Victory City is a triumph--not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting. . . . When you think about it, Rushdie''s novels are a miracle." -- The Atlantic " Victory City feels like a return to form, recalling the kind of reality-bending, effortlessly erudite world-building that first defined [Rushdie''s] style--and may be key to his literary legacy." -- Los Angeles Times "[An] awe-inspiring saga." -- Time "A lavish fairytale [with] an infectious sense of fun." -- The Guardian "A grand historical fantasy.... The latest masterpiece from a writer who has spent the last 50 years spinning tales that have breathed magic into history." --Ron Charles, CBS Sunday Morning "''Victory City'' is a triumph [that] invites readers to reconvene with Rushdie, the humorist, artist and spinner of grand yarns." --NPR " Victory City is many things: a myth, an epic, a polemic parable, a real-world historical landscape flattened into a fable and embellished by fantasy.... Salman Rushdie deftly weaves historical fact with mythological fiction." -- Vogue "In [Rushdie''s] stories, unfettered creativity rewrites the destinies laid down by dogma and law. ''Victory City'' is a fable about the power of narrative art, hitched to a historical chronicle.... [The] book''s joy in fictions that ''could be as powerful as histories'' testifies to a lifetime of free-spirited invention.... In this novel he shows his faith in the liberating power of art." -- The Economist "Rushdie has already proven himself of his generation''s most adept literary stars, and his forthcoming epic fantasy novel promises to be one of the best releases of the year." -- The Week "Salman Rushdie has created a radiant myth about mythmaking. Victory City is a book that privileges the ethical imagination and the unmistakable permanence of storytelling. Within these pages, you will find global travelers, rapacious kings, cave dwellers, prophets of doom, and, at its fierce and eloquent heart, a storyteller who reminds us that death may take away a lot of things, but never the power of our words. Beyond war, beyond violence, even beyond life itself, the story, and the storyteller, last." --Colum McCann " Victory City is vast and deep, soaring and scintillating. Every page is magical, every page is gorgeous. In the way of a significant work of art, it does not resemble any other novel I could name . . . A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers." --Michael Cunningham "The scale and scope of his intellect and his imagination is googolplex, as big as infinity and then some. In Victory City , he spins an epic tale that brings us back to the key questions of what it is to be human, to be authentic, to love and to grieve." --A. M. Homes "No one, and I mean no one, can bring an entire world to life with the authority, wisdom, humor, and panache of Salman Rushdie. In the pantheon of his novels, Victory City stands out as book of particular imaginative achievement. It defies category, but it invites pleasure." --Gary Shteyngart " Victory City is a capacious and sweeping telling in which writing about the past is a way of also staring dead on at the present and historicizing human nature. In the wit and poetry of his prose, Rushdie shows us not only the world we''ve made, but--more importantly--the one we can remake." --Natasha Trethewey "This is Salman Rushdie at his most virtuosic, a wondrous tale of medieval India which is also, as ever, a fable about the triumph of life--in all its joyous, messy excess--over the forces of fanaticism and darkness." --Hari Kunzru
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 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 Salman Rushdie is one of Time 's 100 Most Influential People of the Year * " Victory City is a triumph--not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting."-- The 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 girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga--"victory city"--the wonder of the world. Over the next 250 years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's, 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 tapestry--with 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., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 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 Salman Rushdie is one of Time 's 100 Most Influential People of the Year - " Victory City is a triumph--not because it exists, but because it is utterly enchanting."-- The 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 girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga--"victory city"--the wonder of the world. Over the next 250 years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's, 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 tapestry--with 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.
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