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The Emperor By Ryszard Kapuscinski (Paperback, 2006)

The Penguin Modern Classics edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor is translated by William R Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand with an introduction by Neal AschertonAfter the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974 which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories Here their eloquent and ironic voices depict the lavish corrupt world they had known - from the rituals hierarchies and intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler who maintained absolute power over his impoverished people They describe his inexorable downfall as the Ethiopian military approach strange omens appear in the sky and courtiers vanish until only the Emperor and his valet remain in the deserted palace
awaiting their fate Dramatic and mesmerising The Emperor is one of the great works of reportage and a haunting epitaph on the last moments of a dying regimeRyszard Kapuscinski (1932-2007) was born in Pinsk now in Belarus Kapuscinski was the pre-eminent writer among Polish reporters His best-known book is a reportage-novel of the decline of Haile Selassie's anachronistic regime in Ethiopia - The Emperor which has been translated into many languages Shah of Shahs about the last Shah of Iran and Imperium about the last days of the Soviet Union have enjoyed similar success If you enjoyed The Emperor you might like Norman Mailer's The Fight also available in Penguin Modern Classics'Stunning a magical eloquence'John Updike New Yorker'The Emperor transcends reportage becoming a nightmare of power
An unforgettable fiercely comic and finally compassionate book'Salman Rushdie'Kapuscinski trascends the limitations of journalism and writes with the narrative power of a Conrad or Kipling or Orwell'Blake Morrison
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The Penguin Modern Classics edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor is translated by William R Brand & Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand with an introduction by Neal Ascherton After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974 which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia & sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories Here their eloquent & ironic voices depict the lavish corrupt world they had known
- from the rituals hierarchies & intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler who maintained absolute power over his impoverished people They describe his inexorable downfall as the Ethiopian military approach strange omens appear in the sky & courtiers vanish until only the Emperor & his valet remain in the deserted palace awaiting their fate Dramatic & mesmerising The Emperor is one of the great works of reportage & a haunting epitaph on the last moments of a dying regime Ryszard Kapuscinski (1932-2007) was born in Pinsk now in Belarus Kapuscinski was the pre-eminent writer among Polish reporters His best-known book is a reportage-novel of the decline of Haile Selassie's anachronistic regime in Ethiopia
- The Emperor which has been translated into many languages Shah of Shahs about the last Shah of Iran & Imperium about the last days of the Soviet Union have enjoyed similar success If you enjoyed The Emperor you might like Norman Mailer's The Fight also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Stunning a magical eloquence' John Updike New Yorker' The Emperor transcends reportage becoming a nightmare of power An unforgettable fiercely comic & finally compassionate book' Salman Rushdie' Kapuscinski trascends the limitations of journalism & writes with the narrative power of a Conrad or Kipling or Orwell' Blake Morrison

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