Victorious city
E-book, Czech
Victorious city
A story hidden in the ashes of a fallen empire
Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried in the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of one of the greatest, almost forgotten Indian empires. A story waiting to be told.
In the fourteenth century AD, in the south of the land we now call India, nine-year-old Pampa Kampana hears the voice of a goddess for the first time. She vows to her that she will ensure no woman ever suffers the same fate as her beloved mother. With the help of miracles, Pampa builds a great city called Bisnaga – “victory city” – where women are equal to men. But every creation can escape its creator's control, and Bisnaga is no exception.
In many ways, this multi-layered text is reminiscent of the tales from One Thousand and One Nights, while the blend of intrigue and the supernatural brings to mind contemporary pop culture phenomena like Game of Thrones. With his latest novel, Rushdie once again pays homage to the story, which, unlike people and empires, is immortal. In the author's own words: The only victors are the words.
Published with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
Reviews:
An extravagant mixture of myth and fairytale, comedy and melodrama, celebrating the power of women and the enduring power of storytelling.
- Guardian
Robert Bryndza
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Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie (born 1947 in Bombay) is the author of thirteen novels and several other volumes of prose, essays, and non-fiction. He made his literary debut with the novel Grimus (1975). His second novel, Midnight's Children, a colourful saga spanning six decades of modern Indian history, was named the best of the works awarded the prestigious Booker Prize in the preceding twenty-five years in 1993, and in 2008, it also won a readers' poll for the fortieth anniversary of the prize. Rushdie's other novels have also received significant acclaim, including Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, and Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, as well as the short story collection East, West, the memoir Joseph Anton, and The Golden House. In 2007, Rushdie was knighted by the British Queen.
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