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Victory city : a novel di Salman Rushdie
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Victory city : a novel (originale 2023; edizione 2023)

di Salman Rushdie

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"In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga--literally "victory city"--the wonder of the world. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's, from its literal sowing out of a bag of magic seeds to its tragic ruination in the most human of ways: the hubris of those in power. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that Parvati 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. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestry--with Pampa Kampana at its center"--… (altro)
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Titolo:Victory city : a novel
Autori:Salman Rushdie
Info:New York : Random House, [2023]
Collezioni:La tua biblioteca, In lettura, Da leggere, Letti ma non posseduti
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Victory City di Salman Rushdie (2023)

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In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who begins to speak out of the girl’s mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana’s comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga, Victory City, the wonder of the world.

Over the next 250 years, Pampa Kampana’s life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga’s, from growing the city from a bag of magic seeds to the tragic downfall of the empire. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana 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. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestry—with Pampa Kampana at its center.

Brilliantly styled as a translation of an ancient epic, Victory City is a saga of love, adventure, and myth that is in itself a testament to the power of storytelling.

This sweeping epic of a novel is the type of book that Rushdie does brilliantly. Even at his advanced age he is on form here, a magical tale full of life, love, intrigue and betrayal. A very entertaining read.

https://quizlit.org/book-of-the-month-august-2023 ( )
  Quizlitbooks | Apr 20, 2024 |
I feel so divided on this one. Rushdie is usually a master storyteller with a great sense of humor. However, this book was difficult to get into and oftentimes... boring? I felt it really dragged on and turned into a retelling of events without a central idea. Pampa Kampana was a confusing character. The book was desperately trying to be feminist, but I found the message confusing with a lot of contradictions. ( )
  ZeljanaMaricFerli | Mar 4, 2024 |
This is a 250-year history of the city of Bisnaga and its empire, and the woman who magically created the city and who lived as long as the city, Pampa Kampana. Throughout the city's history, the culture vacillates between liberalism, where women have power, art flourishes, and all religious views are tolerated; and religious conservatism, where women are oppressed, art is suppressed, and religious morals are strictly enforced. This is a thinly-veiled critique the current world struggle over "illiberal democracy" and other forms of intolerance and fascism.

As always, Rushdie's writing is brilliant and engaging and playful. ( )
  Gwendydd | Feb 4, 2024 |
Mon premier livre de Salman Rushdie est [Haroun et la mer des histoires], que d’aucuns qualifieraient de livre pour enfants et que j’avais beaucoup aimé (peut-être ne suis-je encore qu’un enfant). Puis je me suis attelée aux [Enfants de minuit], mais je crois que je n’ai pas dépassé la page 100, je ne sais plus exactement pourquoi maintenant, mais probablement à cause du style et parce que l’histoire n’avançait pas. Depuis, bien que j’ai très envie de lire cet auteur, et notamment ses [Versets sataniques] (plus pour ce qu’ils représentent de notre époque que pour leur valeur littéraire dont je ne peux rien dire), j’ai toujours hésité à sauter le pas. Quand j’ai entendu parler de [La Cité de la Victoire] (et c’était tout juste avant l’attentat dont Salman Rushdie a été victime en août 2022, ce qui donne d’ailleurs un étrange relief à certains passages de ce livre), je me suis dit que j’avais enfin trouvé le livre pour reprendre contact avec Salman Rushdie. J’ai donc patiemment attendu sa traduction en français, et dès qu’il est apparu sur les étagères de ma bibliothèque numérique municipale, je l’ai réservé. Cela m’a pris un peu plus de temps pour enfin l’ouvrir, mais je suis contente de l’avoir enfin fait.
Pourtant, j’ai maintenant bien du mal à écrire cette note de lecture, parce que j’ai bien du mal à savoir ce que j’ai pensé de ce livre. L’idée m’a beaucoup plue, celle d’un manuscrit retrouvé qui retrace toute l’histoire d’une ville et d’un empire, depuis sa naissance jusqu’à sa chute, avec un brin de réalisme magique (auquel Salman Rushdie semble être habitué puisqu’on le retrouve au moins dans [Les Enfants de minuit]) puisque les quelques deux cents ans de cette histoire sont racontées par la même poétesse qui a présidé à la création de sa naissance et a assisté à sa chute. Mais j’aurais je crois préféré lire directement le manuscrit de Pampa Kampana plutôt que la réécriture par l’archéologue qui découvre ce manuscrit. Certes cela n’aurait fait une mise en abyme simple alors que là elle est au carré si je peux utiliser cette métaphore mathématique, mais cela aurait fait un texte peut-être plus beau et aurait évité le ton ironique, pédant et parfois un peu suffisant de l’archéologue. J’ai trop souvent eu l’impression que Salman Rushdie « se regardait écrire » comme d’autres s’écoutent parler, fasciné par les mots qui tombent de sa plume.
Mais si j’ai réussi à m’habituer au style (ou si le ton s’est un peu assagi avec l’effacement de la figure de l’archéologue), j’ai alors été happée dans une histoire dont je n’ai pas réussi à saisir la portée. Il y a probablement trop de références à l’histoire de l’Inde et à l’hindouisme que je n’ai pas réussi à saisir, alors que d’autres m’étaient un peu mieux connues, ce qui mettait encore plus en évidence mes incompréhensions. J’ai aimé cependant la façon dont Salman Rushdie crée son monde, qui, bien que créé est un monde tout aussi imparfait que le nôtre, avec les mêmes mesquineries et les mêmes batailles entre le civil et le religieux, entre le pouvoir personnel et l’épanouissement de la cité. Qu’a voulu nous dire Salman Rushdie avec cette idée qu’il a tout le pouvoir d’imaginer et qu’il fait aussi imparfaite ? Que notre monde n’est finalement pas si mal que cela malgré toutes ses imperfections ? Que l’homme n’est pas capable de mieux du fait de ses limites indépassables ? Je laisse chaque lecteur décider pour lui-même si le verre est à moitié vide ou à moitié plein…
Bien sûr, il reste à la fin et malgré toutes mes préventions une ode aux mots, à la poésie et à la littérature en général. C’est réconfortant et c’est par endroit joliment écrit. Mais cela n’a pas été suffisant pour faire de ma lecture un moment vraiment agréable et intéressant, et c’est dommage car j’imagine très le plaisir que j’aurais pu avoir et que d’autres auront à plonger dans les méandres de l’histoire de Bisnagar.
1 vota raton-liseur | Feb 3, 2024 |
With sly and incisive asides from the narrator about the vicissitudes of human nature and the tides of conquest and insurrection, tyranny and freedom, Rushdie's bewitching and suspenseful, romantic and funny, tragic and incisive tale, rooted in the history of Vijayanagar, the fallen capital of a vanquished kingdom in southern India, is resplendent in its celebration of women and the ago-old magic of storytelling.
aggiunto da Lemeritus | modificaBooklist (Jan 1, 2023)
 
Rushdie reflects throughout on the nature of history and storytelling, with Pampa Kampana's creations learning who they are only through the "imaginary narrative" that is whispered to them as they sleep and with Vijayanagar's rulers, along with their subjects, the victims of historical amnesia who "exist now only in words." A grand entertainment, in a tale with many strands, by an ascended master of modern legends.
aggiunto da Lemeritus | modificaKirkus Reviews (Jan 1, 2023)
 
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"In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga--literally "victory city"--the wonder of the world. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's, from its literal sowing out of a bag of magic seeds to its tragic ruination in the most human of ways: the hubris of those in power. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that Parvati 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. As years pass, rulers come and go, battles are won and lost, and allegiances shift, the very fabric of Bisnaga becomes an ever more complex tapestry--with Pampa Kampana at its center"--

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