{"product_id":"victory-citybooks","title":"Victory City","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A major accomplishment by one of our greatest living writers . . . It does not resemble any other novel I could name.”—Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2023: \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tampa Bay Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCNBC\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn  the  wake  of  an  unimportant  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  a  goddess,  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—“victory city”—the wonder of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver  the  next  250  years,  Pampa  Kampana’s  life  becomes  deeply interwoven with Bisnaga’s, from its literal sowing from 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  the  goddess  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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly  narrated  in  the  style  of  an  ancient  epic,  \u003ci\u003eVictory City\u003c\/i\u003e is  a  saga  of  love,  adventure,  and  myth  that  is  in  itself  a  testament to the power of storytelling.","brand":"Rushdie, Salman","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":43932586803424,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_5f3fd0a9-18a0-429e-91fe-f6c36a6b4960.jpg?v=1679418411","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/victory-citybooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}