“She will breathe a new empire into life \u2013 but all worlds can escape their creator\u2026 \u2018Full of adventure\u2026 A celebration of the power of storytelling\u2019 GUARDIAN In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga, \u2018victory city\u2019. Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana\u2019s life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga\u2019s as she 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. \u2018Mesmerising\u2019 ELIF SHAFAK, author of The Island of Missing Trees \u2018A total pleasure to read\u2019 SUNDAY TIMES \u2018One of the planet\u2019s greatest writers\u2019 EVENING STANDARD \u2018A triumph\u2026 Enthralling\u2019 I ***A FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK***”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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