The Pyramid

Ismail Kadare

earliest edition we have, 1992 Fayard, 1993 paperback 158 pages

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When the new Egyptian Pharaoh decrees that he does not want a pyramid built in his honour his advisers are aghast. It is their firm belief that peace and prosperity only make the people more difficult to control – they must be kept under the whip. So the Pharaoh agrees to the construction of a pyramid colossal beyond imagining, an edifice that crushes dozens of people as each block is added and which inexorably drain...

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This book in English

David Bellos 1 printing we hold · 2013 · Vintage Classics

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Editions we hold

The Pyramid edition · 2013 · Vintage Classics · 128 pages · 9780099560920
The Pyramid paperback · 2005 · Arcade Publishing · 168 pages · 9781559707916
The pyramid edition · 1998 · Vintage Books · 161 pages
The pyramid edition · 1996 · Arcade Pub. · 161 pages
The Pyramid hardcover · 1996 · The Harvill Press · 128 pages · 9781860461231
La pyramide. paperback · 1993 · Fayard · 158 pages · 9782253135906
La pyramide edition · 1992 · Fayard · 233 pages

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