Published : Apr 06, 2023 11:00 IST - 8 MINS READ Magic realism. With this tale Tokarczuk was given, what she calls a soul, “the world’s greatest tender narrator”. Magic realism is Rushdie’s home ground, what he is most known for, for the depths of possibilities that he yanks out of a world. Highlights Magic realism is Rushdie’s home ground, …
Published : Feb 15, 2023 19:24 IST As a nine-year old, Pampa Kampana watches her mother walk unwaveringly into a bonfire of women. Victory City By Salman Rushdie Penguin Hamish Hamilton Pages: 352 Price: Rs.699 The remaining 238 years of Pampa Kampana’s life—a period that begins with the defeat of the Kampili kingdom by the armies of the Delhi sultanate, …
There is an iconic moment in Cervantes’ Don Quixote when the aristocrat Quixote, drunk on the romance of a feudal, medieval past long gone, goes charging at a set of windmills, calling them demons in disguise. While 20th century postmodernism has had champions straddling Europe and Latin America – from Italo Calvino to Gabriel Garcia Marquez – few contemporary writers …
Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Victory City, is a return in more senses than one. Whispered history The rise and fall of Victory City is presided over by the “blind poet, miracle worker and prophetess” Pampa Kampana through her long lifespan of 247 years. Victory City Salman Rushdie Penguin Random House ₹699 The last one is summarily answered early on. Looking …
