Victory City : a novel
Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of one of India's greatest, nearly forgotten empires. A story waits to be told. In the fourteenth century of the Common Era, in the South of what we now call India, nine-year-old Pampa Kampana, orphaned by war, starts hearing the voice of a goddess. Inspired, and imbued with powerful magic, she vows to ensure that no more women suffer her beloved mother's unconscionable fate. Aided by miracles and a gift for prophecy, she creates a mighty city; her whispered words galvanize its people to grow and change. Her poetry maps the rise and fall of its empire. And the prophetess herself--beloved, feared, timeless--watches as the world changes across the centuries and her body, frozen in the beauty of youth for decades upon decades, fades along with her city's glory. Half a millennium later, her writing is discovered, deep in the ancient earth. The thirteenth novel from the incomparable Salman Rushdie, Victorycity is an epic tale with a message for us all: our power is fleeting, but our stories last forever.
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- ISBN: 9781039000551 (hardcover)
- Physical Description 336 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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