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Victory city / (Record no. 489930)

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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781787333444
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency Kenya National Library Service
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823.914 RUS
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rushdie, Salman,
Relator term author.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Victory city /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Salman Rushdie.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 342 pages ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In fourteenth-century southern India, a young girl named Pampa Kampana becomes the vessel of the goddess Parvati and is tasked with creating the great city of Bisnaga, the “Victory City.” Over the course of 250 years, her life intertwines with the city’s rise and fall as rulers change, wars are fought, and human ambition leads to triumph and ruin. The novel explores power, myth, history, gender, and storytelling in an epic reimagining of the past.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Power (Social sciences)
Form subdivision Fiction.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Historical fiction.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Books
Suppress in OPAC No
Holdings
Withdrawn status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
  Dewey Decimal Classification     Fiction Information Access Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution 12/15/2025 BAI 1650.00   823.914 RUS B228045 12/15/2025 12/15/2025 Adult Fiction

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