hidden in an earthen pot; sealed with wax; Buried in the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of an empire – a story waiting to be told.
When nine-year-old Pampa Kampana begins to hear the voice of a goddess, she vows to ensure that no more woman falls prey to the unconscious fate of her beloved mother. His magic creates a mighty city; His whispered words inspire his people to grow and change. His poems depict the rise and fall of his empire. And the prophet himself – beloved, fearful, timeless – sees the world changing for centuries and his body faded with the glory of his city.
Half a millennium later, his writings were discovered, deep in the ancient Earth. It’s an epic story with a message for all of us: Our power is fleeting, but our stories last forever.
“Victory City by one of our greatest storytellers, is a tale of our times. Brilliantly stylized as a translation of an ancient epic, it is a saga of love, adventure and myth that in itself is a testament to the power of storytelling. And at her heart, a true heroine, Pampa Kampana, who sets out to give equal rights to women in a patriarchal world. It is a surprisingly beautiful, lyrical and gripping novel about power and the arrogance of those in power,” said Michael Shavit, publishing director for Jonathan Cape, who acquired UK and Commonwealth rights after leaving Canada, from Andrew Wyllie In The Wylie Agency.
A Fellow of the British Royal Society of Literature, Rushdie has received, among other honours, the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel (twice), the Writers Guild Award, the James Tait Black Prize, the European Union’s Aristian Prize for Literature, the Writers’ Association, and the European Association for Literature. Prize of the Year in both UK and Germany, French Prix du Méliur Livre Etranger, Budapest Grand Prize for Literature, Premio Grinzán Cavour in Italy, Crossword Book Award in India, Austrian State Prize for European Literature, London International Writer’s Award, University College Dublin of the James Joyce Award, the St. Louis Literary Award, the Carl Sandberg Prize of the Chicago Public Library, and the US National Arts Award.
He holds honorary doctorates and fellowships at six European and six American universities, is an Honorary Professor in the Humanities at MIT and a University Distinguished Professor at Emory University. Currently, Rushdie is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.
His novel Midnight’s Children was adapted for the stage and performed in London and New York by the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2004, an opera based on “Aaron and the Sea of Stories” was premiered by the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center.
A film by Midnight’s Children directed by Deepa Mehta was released in 2012. “The Ground Beneath Every Feet, in which the Orpheus myth winds through a story in the world of rock music, which was turned into a song with lyrics by U2. Rushdie.
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