02403cam a22003378i 4500 22545983 OSt 20231004154612.0 m |o d | cr_||||||||||| 220513s2023 nyu o 000 1 eng 2022022930 9780670098460 DLC eng DLC rda pcc PR6068.U757 823.914 RUS/V Rushdie, Salman. author. 6026 Victory city : a novel / Salman Rushdie. First Edition. 2302 New York : Random House, [2023] 342 p "In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. 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--literally "victory city"--the wonder of the world. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's, from its literal sowing out of a bag of magic seeds to its tragic ruination in the most human of ways: the hubris of those in power. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that Parvati set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories have a way of getting away from their creator, and Bisnaga is no exception. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestry--with Pampa Kampana at its center"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Novels. lcgft Print version: Rushdie, Salman. Victory city First Edition. New York : Random House, [2023] 9780593243398 (DLC) 2022022929 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 823.914 RUS/V 823.914 RUS/V 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC MES MES ENG 2023-10-04 0 823.914 RUS/V 42747 2023-10-04 15:46:01 699.00 2023-10-04 BK GR23R3 42515 42515