Victory City : The new novel from the Booker prize-winning, bestselling author of Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

She will whisper an empire into existence ?_" but all stories have a way of getting away from their creator?_? ?_~Full of adventure?_?a celebration of the power of storytelling?_TGUARDIANIn the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga, ?_~victory city?_T. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana?_Ts life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga?_Ts as she 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. ?_~Mesmerising?_TELIF SHAFAK, author of The Island of Missing Trees?_~A total pleasure to read?_TSUNDAY TIMES?_~One of the planet?_Ts greatest writers?_TEVENING STANDARD?_~A triumph?_? Enthralling?_Ti NEWSPAPER* A FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ** A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023 *
Binding: Hardback