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Summary. Victory City is framed as a fictional translation of an epic originally written in Sanskrit. The focaliser and protagonist is Pampa Kampana, partly inspired by the historical, fourteenth-century princess-poet Gangadevi, who is given (or cursed with) a 247-year lifespan.
- United Kingdom
- English
- Literary Fiction/ Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Salman Rushdie
Victory City Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023 A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Written by Connar Smith. Author Salman Rushdie 's Victory City is set in fourteenth-century southern India. During the time Rushdie's novel is set, a war is going on between two kingdoms that have since been forgotten. That war, which is bloody and violent, is mostly pointless.
7 de fev. de 2023 · Victory City is classic Rushdie - an epic tale based on Indian lore. The book focuses upon Pampa Kampana - a young girl gifted by the goddess pampa with ability to create the Victory City "Bisnaga" via magic in 14th century India.
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Summary. Excerpt. Book Summary. The 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.
1 de fev. de 2023 · VICTORY CITY, by Salman Rushdie. Pampa Kampana’s tale begins when her mother walks into the flames. “The story goes” that with all their husbands dead in battle, the women of a small and...
31 de jan. de 2023 · January 31, 2023. Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Victory City, purports to be the summary of a long-lost, 24,000-verse epic poem from 14th-century India. The hero and author of the poem...
