The Palace of Dreams

<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>