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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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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 *

The Palace Of Dreams

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    A Paperback / softback by Ismail Kadare, Barbara Bray

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 4 December 2008
      ISBN-13 9780099518273
      978-0099518273
      ISBN-10 0099518279
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      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 *

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