In “Victory City”, a magical storyteller survives a sadistic assault. Its defiance and exuberance is poignant now that Salman Rushdie has narrowly avoided the fate decreed for him by an Iranian “fatwa” of 1989
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskSir Salman had completed “Victory City” before he was stabbed by a jihadist on a stage in New York, losing an eye and full use of a hand. His book’s joy in fictions that “could be as powerful as histories” testifies to a lifetime of free-spirited invention.
Pampa steers history, then records it in an epic poem. There was a princess-poet, Gangadevi, in the 14th century; some of Sir Salman’s characters, such as Krishnadevaraya, a capricious king, bear the names of actual rulers. The green-eyed, red-haired Portuguese adventurers with whom Pampa has affairs, and who carry news of the empire overseas, have real counterparts.
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