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The Palace of Dreams
Ismail Kadare
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Description for The Palace of Dreams
paperback. At the heart of the Sultan's empire stands the Palace of Dreams. Inside, the dreams of every citizen are collected, sorted and interpreted in order to identify the 'master-dreams' that will provide the clues to the Empire's destiny and that of its Monarch. An entire nation's consciousness is thus laid bare and at the mercy of its government.. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Discover a novel which arose from the author's ambition to invent a hell of his own. Kadare's macabre vision of tyranny was banned immediately when it first appeared in Albania in 1981.
At the heart of the Sultan's vast empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams.
Inside, the dreams of every citizen are collected, sorted and interpreted in order to identify the 'master-dreams' that will provide the clues to the Empire's destiny and that of its Monarch. An entire nation's consciousness is thus meticulously laid bare and at the mercy of its government...
Translated by Barbara ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099518273
SKU
V9780099518273
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Ref
99-46
About Ismail Kadare
Ismail Kadare, born in 1936 in the mountain town of Gjirokaster, near the Greek border, is Albania's best-known poet and novelist. Since the appearance of The General of the Dead Army in 1965, Kadare has published scores of stories and novels that make up a panorama of Albanian history linked by a constant meditation on the nature and human consequences ... Read more
Reviews for The Palace of Dreams
Kadare's most daring novel, one of the most complete visions of totalitarianism ever committed to paper
Vanity Fair
If there is a book worth banning in a dictatorship, this is it
Guardian
Kadare's delicately misted view of another world (as much internal as totalitarian) lives up to the splendour of his title
Independent on Sunday ... Read more
Vanity Fair
If there is a book worth banning in a dictatorship, this is it
Guardian
Kadare's delicately misted view of another world (as much internal as totalitarian) lives up to the splendour of his title
Independent on Sunday ... Read more