Description
A sweeping, imaginative work that blends history, politics, and personal memory, this novel follows characters who confront the seductive promise—and brutal cost—of building empires. As their ambitions collide with shifting power and moral compromise, the story explores how dreams of grandeur are shaped by ideology, culture, and the stories societies tell themselves. With a lyrical, intellectually charged style, Álvaro Enrigue turns grand historical questions into intimate human dilemmas, asking what it means to rule, to belong, and to inherit the consequences of past visions. Ultimately, it’s a meditation on the fragile line between aspiration and domination, and on the enduring struggle to find meaning when the world’s structures are already in motion.
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paperback
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2024
241 pages
ISBN: 9780593544792
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First Published
2024
Language
eng
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