Victory City Av Salman Rushdie

She will breathe a new empire into life but all worlds can escape their creatorFull of adventure A celebration of the power of storytelling GUARDIANIn 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 b......

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She will breathe a new empire into life ¿ but all worlds can escape their creator¿ ¿Full of adventure¿ A celebration of the power of storytelling¿ GUARDIAN In 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¿. Over 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. ¿Mesmerising¿ ELIF SHAFAK, author of The Island of Missing Trees ¿A total pleasure to read¿ SUNDAY TIMES ¿One of the planet¿s g

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She will breathe a new empire into life – but all worlds can escape their creator…‘Full of adventure… A celebration of the power of storytelling’ GUARDIANIn 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’.Over 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.‘Mesmerising’ ELIF SHAFAK, author of The Island of Missing Trees‘A total pleasure to read’ SUNDAY TIMES‘One of the planet’s greatest writers’ EVENING STANDARD‘A triumph… Enthralling’ I***A FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR******A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK***

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Oppdag Victory City av Salman Rushdie

Hun vil puste liv i et nytt imperium - men kan alle verdener unnslippe sin skaper?

En episk reise gjennom tid og motstand

Victory City av den anerkjente forfatteren Salman Rushdie tar oss med på en fascinerende reise gjennom historiens intrikate veier. Boken følger den ni år gamle jenten Pampa Kampana, som opplever et guddommelig møte som vil føre til oppståelsen av den storslåtte byen Bisnaga, også kjent som seiersbyen.

En fortelling om mot, skjønnhet og hensikt

Forankret i et patriarkalt samfunn: Pampa Kampanas oppdrag er å gi kvinner likestilling og en stemme i en verden hvor menn hersker.
Kunstnerisk fortelling: Rushdies magiske realisme fletter sammen virkelighet og fantasi, noe som skaper et rikt og levende bilde av livet i Bisnaga.
Historisk kontekst: Boken utforsker betydningen av kunnskap, fortellinger, og hvordan de former våre liv og samfunn.
Enestående karakterer: Fra gudinner til unge jenter, hver karakter tilføyer dybde til den komplekse veven av historien.

Med Victory City tar Rushdie oss med inn i et univers der fortellingene er like mektige som de er livsendrende. Boken feirer kraften i historier og minner oss på at alle våre skaperverk har sine egne liv.

Hvorfor lese Victory City?

Uforglemmelige opplevelser: Dette er ikke bare en bok; det er et episk eventyr som vil gribe hjertet ditt og få deg til å reflektere over kvinners rolle i historien.

Er du klar for å bli blendet av en verden av magi, mot og kulturelle referanser? La Victory City av Salman Rushdie ta deg med på en reise du aldri vil glemme!

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Språk	Engelsk
Sjanger	Moderne og samtid
Format	Paperback

Størrelse

Produktvekt	435 g
Høyde	233 mm
Bredde	153 mm
Tykkelse	27 mm

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Sett	Nei
Typ	Papirbøker

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