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Palace Of Dreams
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Though ultimately Kafkaesque, this novel is initially dreamier and less threatening. It serves as a critique of Soviet bureaucracy and also of the ethic this breeds--after only a week at his prestigious job in the Palace of Dreams, the protagonist is disconnected, afraid, and angry. Bitter and resentful, he quickly resorts to making things up rather than seeking more assistance in culling and interpreting the nation's dreams. As his family's fate becomes increasingly intertwined with the dreams brought to the Palace, he struggles to understand the relationships between history, politics, and the collective unconscious. The indicting punchline of this increasingly complex situation is that the protagonist, who understands so little, is not annihilated as he would be in Kafka, but rises precipitously.
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ISBN:
9781559704168
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
02/01/1998
Publisher:
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
Pages:
208
Height:
8.18 in.
Width:
5.50 in.
Thickness:
.66 in.
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1998
UPC Code:
2801559704160
Author:
Ismail Kadare
Translator:
Jusuf Vrioni
Translator:
Barbara Bray
Subject:
Balkan Peninsula Fiction.
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Fiction
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Totalitarianism -- Fiction.
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