She will breathe a new empire into life - but all worlds can escape their creator... 'Full
of adventure... A celebration of the power of storytelling' 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
'victory city'. Over the next two hundred and fifty years Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply
interwoven with Bisnaga's 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. 'Mesmerising' ELIF SHAFAK author of
The Island of Missing Trees 'A total pleasure to read' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the planet's
greatest writers' EVENING STANDARD 'A triumph... Enthralling' I ***A FINANCIAL TIMES AND
THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK***
