{"product_id":"victory-city-salman-rushdie-9781529920864","title":"Victory City (Salman Rushdie)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe will breathe a new empire into life - but all worlds can escape their creator...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mesmerising...an epic tribute to the power of words' \u003c\/b\u003eELIF SHAFAK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of adventure... A celebration of the power of storytelling' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A total pleasure to read'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the planet's greatest writers'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A triumph... Enthralling'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003ci\u003eA FINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR***\u003cbr\u003e***A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over forty languages, his sixteen works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e - for which he won the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers on the 25th anniversary of the prize and Best of the Booker on the 40th anniversary - \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuichotte\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVictory City\u003c\/i\u003e. His latest book, \u003ci\u003eKnife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's last Birthday Honours list in 2022.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65851481784669,"sku":"K097157321","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9715732100001A.jpg?v=1788808097","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/victory-city-salman-rushdie-9781529920864","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}