{"product_id":"victory-city","title":"Victory City, Salman Rushdie","description":"\u003cp\u003eHidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of one of India's greatest, nearly forgotten empires. A story waits to be told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fourteenth century of the Common Era, in the South of what we now call India, nine-year-old Pampa Kampana, orphaned by war, starts hearing the voice of a goddess. Inspired, and imbued with powerful magic, she vows to ensure that no more women suffer her beloved mother's unconscionable fate. Aided by miracles and a gift for prophecy, she creates a mighty city; her whispered words galvanize its people to grow and change. Her poetry maps the rise and fall of its empire. And the prophetess herself--beloved, feared, timeless--watches as the world changes across the centuries and her body, frozen in the beauty of youth for decades upon decades, fades along with her city's glory. Half a millennium later, her writing is discovered, deep in the ancient earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thirteenth novel from the incomparable Salman Rushdie, Victory City is an epic tale with a message for us all: our power is fleeting, but our stories last forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"gentle books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46946886942857,"sku":"9780593597217","price":50.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/9289\/1785\/files\/9780593597217.jpg?v=1781830547","url":"https:\/\/thisisgentle.com\/products\/victory-city","provider":"gentle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}