The Palace of Dreams
By: Translated by Barbara Bray from the French version of the Albanian by Jusuf Vrioni
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 4 December 2008
Place of publication: London
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780099518273
Copyright date: 1990
Description: At the heart of the Sultan's vast empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams. 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...

The Palace of Dreams is Kadare's macabre vision of tyranny and oppression, and was banned upon publication in Albania in 1981.
Table of contents: title: Morning
pagenum: 7
label: I; title: Selection
pagenum: 37
label: II; title: Interpretation
pagenum: 67
label: III; title: A Day Off
pagenum: 105
label: IV; title: The Archives
pagenum: 121
label: V; title: The Dinner
pagenum: 145
label: VI; title: The Coming of Spring
pagenum: 177
label: VII