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Ismail Kadaré

The Palace of Dreams

English · Paperback / Softback

Description

At the heart of the Sultan's vast but fragile empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams: the most secret and powerful Ministry ever invented. Its task is to scour every town, village and hamlet to collect the citizens' dreams, then to sift, sort and classify them, and ultimately to interpret them, in order to identify the "master-dreams" that will provide the clues to the Empire's destinies and those of its Monarch. An entire nation's consciousness is thus tapped into and meticulously laid bare in the form of images and symbols of the dreaming mind.Kadare's Palace of Dreams stands as the symbol of the thought-police who have, through history, been the most effective instruments of oppression at the service of dictators.

Product details

Authors	Ismail Kadaré
Publisher	Harvill Secker

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	31.08.2001

EAN	9781860464102
ISBN	978-1-86046-410-2
No. of pages	192
Dimensions	135 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
Subject	Fiction > Narrative literature

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