The Palace Of Dreams Av Ismail Kadare

<p><b>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.</b><br><br><b><i>At the heart of the Sultan''s vast empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams.</i></b><br><br> 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...<br><br><b><i>Translated by Barbara Bray from the French version of the Albanian by Jusuf Vrioni</i></b></p>