Pyramid

"Here, as in his earlier novels, Mr. Kadare paints a hypnotic picture of a world drenched in death and crowded with stones. (Emblematic of death, stones have always figured prominently in his books; one is even entitled 'Chronicle in Stone'.) Just as 'The General of the Dead Army' recounts a numbing tour of burial sites, each jammed with stone markers, so 'The Pyramid' envisions a deadening generation-long period when time is measured not in weeks or years but in numbered stones--tens of thousands of them, weighting several tons apiece--and in the millions of gruesome, unnecessary deaths that are caused by their transport and placement."Kadare, Ismail is the author of 'Pyramid', published 2005 under ISBN 9781559707916 and ISBN 1559707917.