The Palace Of Dreams
Ismail Kadare author Barbara Bray translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:4th Dec '08
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
Translated by Barbara Bray from the French version of the Albanian by Jusuf Vrioni
At the heart of the Sultan's vast empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams.
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 Bray from the French version of the Albanian by Jusuf Vrioni
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 *
ISBN: 9780099518273
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 12mm
Weight: 143g
192 pages