Victory City by Salman Rushdie is a mythical fantasy. The story involves a little girl who witnesses her mother's tragic death. The little girl wanders alone into a hermit who takes her in. Somehow the gods, this is India, bless or curse (depends on how you look at it) the little girl with tremendous power.
She builds a city out of her mind. She imagines it. A good city, it is. Of course, people spoil it. Some are bad; some are good. The girl is Pampa Kampana. She also has a long life and outlives husbands, lovers, and children.
The story has a narrator. He tells the story. It is a good fable.
