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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 drains the lifeblood from the country. As Egypt builds its monument to death, its neighbours plot and gloat…
Titulli: The Pyramid
Origjinali: Piramida
Gjinia: Roman
Autori: Ismail Kadare
Përktheu në anglisht: Barbara Bray
Shtëpia botuese: Vintage
Viti: 2013
Fq. 120
Pesha: 0.100 kg
ISBN: 978-0-099-56092-0
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