Resenhas - Victory City

Mariottoni 01/04/2024

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O livro é mt interessante, acompanhar um império do início ao fim é mt legal, mas eu gosto mais de livros q se aprofundam mais nos personagens e como a gnt acompanha a pampa kampana q vive mais q td mundo, meio q nn dá tempo p conhecer cada personagem, mts deles passam mt rápido no livro, c ctz o objetivo do autor nn era fazer vc amar tds os personagens, ele queria contar a história da pampa e do império e isso ele fez mt bem, mas esse estilo de narrativa nn funciona tão bem pra mim

Atahualpa.Moura 02/09/2023

The panache of a 250-year-long saga
In his new novel Salman Rushdie employs all his expertise as a History scholar - dutifully cultivated at the University of Cambridge - along with his mastery of colourful storytelling to bring a whole empire to life, from seed to ashes.
His point of departure are accounts of medieval travelers of the Vijayanagara empire, born in southern India around the 14th century. It is said that they claimed descent from nothing less than the Moon and that women used to occupy key positions in society.
Rushdie then composes his narrative around the character of Pampa Kampana, who receives supernatural powers from her namesake goddess and becomes the mother of Victory City. Following in her footsteps, we bear witness to its rise and fall, its succession of kings and their follies. The godlike protagonist is at once agent and victim of the circumstances, at times resorting to magical solutions, at others giving in to fate.
The flamboyance of the local colours, with its pantheon of deities, armies of elephants and melting pot of cultures, as well as the variety of the human nature illustrated by its characters make the reading of Victory City highly amusing. It is impossible to remain indifferent to the wealth it contains.