The Palace Of Dreams
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- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2008
Summary
A novel which arose from the author’s ambition to invent a hell of his own. Kadare’s macabre vision of tyranny and oppression 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 consc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099518273 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099518279 |
| Author: | Ismail Kadare, Barbara Bray |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2008 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 11mm |
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Kadare’s most daring novel, one of the most complete visions of totalitarianism ever committed to paper
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 *Inexorably takes your breath away * Herald *
About The Author
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 of dictatorship. His works brought him into frequent conflict with the authorities from 1945 to 1985. In 1990 he sought political asylum in France, and now divides his time between Paris and Tirana. He is the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize.
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