{"product_id":"victory-city-by-salman-rushdie","title":"Victory City by Salman Rushdie","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781787333451\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJonathan Cape, February 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e352 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e**Previous owner's name in front page. Book as new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShe will breathe a new empire into life – but all worlds can escape their creator…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Full of adventure… A celebration of the power of storytelling’ \u003c\/span\u003eGUARDIAN\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\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Mesmerising’\u003c\/span\u003e ELIF SHAFAK, author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Island of Missing Trees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A total pleasure to read’ \u003c\/span\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘One of the planet’s greatest writers’\u003c\/span\u003e EVENING STANDARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A triumph… Enthralling’\u003c\/span\u003e I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e***A FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR***\u003cbr\u003e***A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47657954705570,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/91YwT9Ia2IL._SY342.jpg?v=1789373548","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/victory-city-by-salman-rushdie","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}