Description
A nine-year-old girl, Pampa Kampana, becomes the unlikely conduit for a goddess whose visions and magic reshape her life—and the world around her. Framed as the “summary” of a long-lost 24,000-verse epic from 14th-century India, the story follows Pampa as she helps a city rise overnight from enchanted seeds, then rules it into a radiant, utopian society where women and men stand as equals. Blending myth, history, and invention, the novel explores power, gender, devotion, and the ways stories can build (or remake) reality. With Salman Rushdie’s signature exuberant, lyrical storytelling and boundary-bending imagination, this is an enchanting triumph that feels both ancient in its echoes and startlingly new in its spirit.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2023
ISBN: 9781787333444
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Details
First Published
2023
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Victory City by Salman Rushdie.