The Palace of Dreams: Ismail Kadare

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.