The Pyramid

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From the Albanian writer who has been short listed for the Nobel Prize comes a hypnotic narrative of ancient Egypt, a work that is at once a historical novel and an exploration of the horror of untrammeled state power It is 2600 BC The Pharaoh Cheops is inclined to forgo the construction of a pyramid in his honor, but his court sages hasten to persuade him otherwise The pyramid, they tell him, is not a tomb but a paradox it keeps the Egyptian people content by oppressing them utterly The pyramid is the pillar that holds power aloft If it wavers, everything collapses.And so the greatest pyramid ever begins to rise It is a monument that crushes dozens of men with the placing of each of its tens of thousands of stones It is the subject of real and imaginary conspiracies that necessitate ruthless purges and fantastic tortures It is a monster that will consume all Egypt before it swallows the body of Cheops himself As told by Ismail Kadare, The Pyramid is a tour de force of Kafkaesque paranoia and Orwellian political prophecy A haunting meditation on the matter of fact brutality of political despotism The New York Times Book Review Kadare s prose glimmers with the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Los Angeles Times Book Review One of the most compelling novelists now writing in any language Wall Street Journal Free Read eBook The Pyramid By Ismail Kadare – kino-fada.fr The counselors and High Priest gasped The Pharaoh Cheop s had just announced his intention to deviate from tradition by refusing to have a pyramid erected in his honor His announcement sent his counselors in a panicked frenzy to research the issue They finally found their answer The pyramid, they told Cheops, serves multiple purposes It is not just the future burial site of the Pharaoh It also serves to keep the...There is no doubt that Kadare deserves to be a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize for literature The Pyramid is ostensibly about Young Pharaoh Cheops and his decree to build the greatest pyramid in the world which is known to us as the The Great Pyramid of Giza , but it s really about brutal regime of Enver Hoxha in Albania The novel is really a parable about totalitarianism, an allegory of tyranny.The construction of Cheops pyramid terrorizes Egypt As the novel s dust jacket says, the p There is no doubt that Kadare deserves to be a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize for literature The Pyramid is ostensibly about Young Pharaoh Cheops and his decree to build the greatest pyramid in the world which is known to us as th...A Pir mide de Isma l Kadar relata as circunst ncias e motiva es que impulsionaram a constru o da maior e mais antiga das tr s pir mides de Giz , a Pir mide de Qu ops Bem sei que o intuito do autor n o era propriamente explorar a quest o hist rica que para mim teria sido t o mais interessante , mas sim...Piramid adalah sebuah konstruksi bangunan tertua dalam sejarah umat manusia yang sudah digunakan sejak berabad abad lampau oleh bangsa Mesir dan Maya kuno Piramid biasanya digunakan sebagai makam raja raja atau tempat pemujaan Salah satu piramid yang paling terkenal dan masuk dalam daftar 7 keajaiban dunia adalah kompleks Piramida Giza yang terletak di dekat kota Kairo Mesir.Piramid Giza hingga kini adalah piramida terbesar dibandingkan dengan piramida piramida lain yang ada di muka bumi Lu Piramid adalah sebuah konstruksi bangunan tertua dalam sejarah umat manusia yang sudah digunakan sejak berabad abad lampau oleh bangsa Mesir dan Maya kuno Piramid biasanya digunakan sebagai makam raja raja atau tempat pemujaan Salah satu piramid yang paling terkenal dan masuk dalam daftar 7 keajaiban dunia adalah kompleks Piramida Giza yang terletak di dekat kota Kairo Mesir.Piramid Giza hingga kini adalah piramida terbesar dibandingkan dengan piramida piramida lain yang ada di muka bumi Luas area kompleks Piramid Giza yang terdiri dari 3 piramid besar dan sebuah patung Spinx bisa disamakan antara jarak dari St Peter Roma , sampai ke St Paul London.Ketiga piramid itu adalah piramid Khufu Cheops , Khafre Rakhaef Chephren dan Menkaure Mycerinus dan yang paling besar adalah Piramid Cheops setinggi 145 meter yang dibangun 4000 thn yg lampau 2550 SM , karena faktor alam tinggi piramid Cheops kini telah menurun sekitar 9 meter Para arkeolog memperkirakan ...A book that sounds so muchinteresting than it becomes.Despite moments of brilliance, nothing in this novel quite takes flight The ideas in it have the potential to be disturbing, but the reader never finds themselves caring for what is happening in the author s world Certainly there are some really impressive observations about government and terror here and it is interesting to read a dystopian novel set in Egypt but all of his observations and ideas come off asimportant that A book that sounds so muchinteresting than it becomes.Despite moments of brilliance, nothing in this novel quite takes flight The ideas in it have the potential to be disturbing, but the reader never finds themselves caring for what is happening in the author s world Certainly there are some really impressive observations about government and terror here and it is interesting to read a dystopian novel set in Egypt but all of his observations and ideas come off asimportant that how he hopes to communicate them Structurally, there aren t any characters that matter The ending is bizarre, and threadbare as though something far grander was hoped for, but in the interests of concision there was no means of taking it to the degree that was necessaryUltimately, this is a novel with some great ideas and poor execution Perhaps it was an experiment for the author I m not sure But I m also not sure if I will be picking up any of his other novels He is clearly quite an intelligent man, but this book was far ...Initially, I was super excited to read The Pyramid, however, once I got to page 8 or so, I lost interest The writing style of The Pyramid was unbelievably dull Trying to read this book was like trying to take care of my grandmother, eventually I just end up falling asleep The starting ideas of The Pyramid were good and well, but honestly, ok, we get it, social control is bad, could you have made this book a littleintriguing How did this book win a prize That s what I want to knowTo Initially, I was super excited to read The Pyramid, however, once I got to page 8 or so, I lost int...Gjeniu i Kadarese rishfaqet perseri tek romani Piramida Dy histori te treguara paralelisht implementohen tek ky roman Kadareja me gjuhen e tij te paster shqipe, ku nuk gjen as edhe nje huazim arrin perseri te ilustroje historine e komunizmit tek Piramida Historia perqendrohet ne ngritjen e nje Piramide ate me te madhen, te Keopsit Kadareja perqendrohet fare pak tek Egjipti, historia apo dicka tjeter qe nuk ka lidhje me piramiden E gjithe historia ka per baze ngritjen e struktures madhes Gjeniu i Kadarese rishfaqet perseri tek romani Piramida Dy histori te treguara paralelisht implementohen tek ky roman Kadareja me gjuhen e tij te paster shqipe, ku nuk gjen as edhe nje huazim arrin perseri te ilustroje historine e komunizmit tek Piramida Historia perqendrohet ne ngritjen e nje Piramide ate me te madhen, te Keopsit Kadareja perqendrohet fare pak tek Egjipti, historia apo dicka tjeter qe nuk ka lidhje me piramiden E gjithe historia ka per baze ngritjen e struktures madheshtore Ngritja e Piramides ne kete rast simbolizon ne menyre te...It s sad when the initial interest dies fast The beginning was so good and intriguing that I forced myself to keep on reading when it started getting dull thinking that it will get better But NOPE it just gotboring by the pa...This is my least favourite Kadare novel in the group of five or six that I have read As the others are mostly simply amazing, that doesn t make this book a bad read at all The language in it is beautiful, but I could have done without some of thevulgar parts of it, as they were not pertinent to the story but just mentioned from time to time Doesn t seem very Kadaresque to me But I suppose it s a matter of taste Also a matter of taste would be where it takes place, in Ancient Egypt, wh This is my least favourite Kadare novel in the group of five or six that I have read As the others are mostly simply amazing, that doesn t make this book a bad read at all The language in it is beautiful, but I could have done without some of thevulgar parts of it, as they were not pertinent to the story but just mentioned from time to time Doesn t seem very Kadaresque to me But I suppose it s a matter of taste Also a matter of taste would be where it takes place, in Ancient Egypt, whi...I m a fan of Ancient Egyptian stories but this was a drudge Sample text goes like ..stone number ten thousand and twenty six arrived from the quarry and was placed, stone number ten thousand and twenty seven arrived but was cursed and forty slaves died, stone number ten thousand and twenty eight had a crack in it.No joke.It put me in mind of this comedy sketch It s only 2 29 mins long, but infinitelyentertaining than this book said t I m a fan of Ancient Egyptian stories but this was a drudge Sample text goes like ..stone number ten thousand and twenty six arrived from the quarry and was placed, stone numb...

The Pyramid
  • English
  • 05 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 168 pages
  • 1559707917
  • Ismail Kadare
  • The Pyramid