From two-time Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie comes an epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical city into existence. After witnessing the death of her mother, Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who speaks through her and grants her powers. Over the next 250 years, Pampa Kampana builds the wondrous city of Bisnaga. She tells its story in a long poem that spans centuries and encompasses the city’s many births, deaths, and rebirths. Bisnaga is at once a place of breathtaking beauty and a site of unforgettable violence. But Pampa Kampana vows to tell the truth about her city, even as it crumbles around her and her own powers begin to wane. Brimming with fierce humor, profound sadness, and an unyielding belief in the power of stories, Victory City is a saga for our times and a testament to the human capacity for both love and destruction.