{"product_id":"the-emperor-isbn-9780679722038","title":"The Emperor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"sensitive, powerful ... history\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books)\u003c\/i\u003e of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered netween hunger and starvation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaile Selassie, King of Kings, Elect of God, Lion of Judah, His Most Puissant Majesty  and Distinguished Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia, reigned from 1930 until he was  overthrown by the army in 1974. While the fighting still raged, Ryszard Kapuscinski,  Poland's leading foreign correspondent, traveled to Ethiopia to seek out and interview  Selassie's servants and closest associates on how the Emperor had ruled and why he  fell. This is Kapuscinski's  rendition of their accounts—humorous, frightening, sad, groteque.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e[The Emperor]\u003c\/i\u003e transcends reportage, becoming a nightmare of power... An unforgettable, fiercely comic, and finally compassionate book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Salman Rushdie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kapuscinski transcends the limitations of journalism and writes with the narrative power of a Conrad or Kipling or Orwell.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Blake Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Stunning exhibit; the interviewed subjects. . .enunciate their memories of the days of Haile Selassie with a magical elegance that. . .achieves poetry and aphorism.\"\u003cbr\u003e—John Updike, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyszard Kapuscinski\u003c\/b\u003e, Poland’s most celebrated foreign correspondent, was born in 1932 in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus) and spent four decades reporting on Asia, Latin America, and Africa. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eImperium, Another Day of Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Soccer War\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into 28 languages. Kapuscinski died in 2007.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302323835109,"sku":"NP9780679722038","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679722038.jpg?v=1767739160","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-emperor-isbn-9780679722038","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}