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Victory city / Salman Rushdie.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 342 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781787333444
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.914 RUS
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: KWAMBOKA DECEMBER 2025
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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.

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