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Feb 7, 2023 · A prophetess creates a city and an empire with her magic and poetry, but faces the challenges of time and change. Read reviews, ratings, and excerpts of this epic tale by the author of The Satanic Verses.
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Feb 1, 2023 · VICTORY CITY, by Salman Rushdie. Pampa Kampana’s tale begins when her mother walks into the flames. “The story goes” that with all their husbands dead in battle, the women of a small and ...
Victory City is a literary fiction and fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 2023. It tells the story of Pampa Kampana, a princess-poet who creates and rules a magical city called Bisnaga, inspired by the historical Vijayanagara empire.
Feb 7, 2023 · Amid dazzling battles, court intrigue and sultry romances, Victory City is Rushdie's history of Vijayanagar, a medieval Hindu Empire that fell to Muslim armies. Today the site has become a...
Feb 7, 2023 · 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.
A girl becomes a vessel for a goddess and creates a city called Bisnaga, but also faces its downfall over 250 years. Victory City is a bestselling novel by Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie, styled as a translation of an ancient epic.
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5 days ago · Victory City (2023), written by Salman Rushdie, is a vivid blend of historical fiction and magical realism. Framed as a translation of an epic Sanskrit text, it imagines the rise and fall of a feminist utopia inspired by the Empire of Vijayanagara in southern India. The narrative revolves around Pampa Kampana, a poet and prophet, whose magical ...
