The Emperor
by Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Author: Ryszard KapuscinskiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1989-03-13
ISBN: 0679722033
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Elegant and fascinating
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fascinating review of Haile Selassie's reign, told in their own words by people who were in his court. The stories include some really amazing insights into the regime, e.g. the guy who was the official pillow bearer and was responsible for carrying 54 different-thickness pillows (for different height chairs) around the world to place under Selassie's feet so his legs wouldn't dangle. Kapuscinski, by letting the narrators' stories stand as told to him, simultaneously creates a sense of documentary objectivity and of subjectivity in that the stories are personal accounts, and you end up not knowing what to believe. I have some Ethiopian friends who say that the book is full of lies, but raising that very question seems to be the author's point. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in history or, more generally, in the excesses of human existence.
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