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A storyteller passing on a tale for adults about an empire in South India in the 14th century. The colourful descriptions are the star of Victory City. How a 9 yr old girl becomes the voice of a goddess to put a stop to wifes following their dead men on the pyre and to get men to listen to women.
But where is power, there is corruption. Fear of loss and selfishness are the seeds of decline.
— Mar 16, 2026 02:09AM
But where is power, there is corruption. Fear of loss and selfishness are the seeds of decline.
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Jörg
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A fairy tale of juxtapositions, morals and lists.
- Religious zealots vs. non-believers, women vs. men, prudery vs. sensuality, warriors vs. peace.
- Golden times come with a united tolerant society, egoisms divide and lead the way down.
- Lists of revolutionaries, of the traits of a good ruler, of ways to approach a foe, of ways history has happened.
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- Religious zealots vs. non-believers, women vs. men, prudery vs. sensuality, warriors vs. peace.
- Golden times come with a united tolerant society, egoisms divide and lead the way down.
- Lists of revolutionaries, of the traits of a good ruler, of ways to approach a foe, of ways history has happened.
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Again got the German translation by mistake. Like recently Franzen's Crossroads. Like Quichotte, the last Rushdie I read. I have to be more careful with my purchases, especially when the title stays the same in the German translation.
— Mar 15, 2026 11:28AM
"Errichtet wurde der Scheiterhaufen aus duftendem Sandelholz, dem man reichlich Nelken, Knoblauch, Kreuzkümmelsamen und Zimtstangen beigegeben hatte, als wollte man aus den brennenden Frauen ein gut gewürztes Gericht zubereiten, das den siegreichen Generälen des Sultans zu deren kulinarischem Genuss vorgesetzt werden sollte [...]"