{"product_id":"imperium-paperback","title":"Imperium - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyszard Kapuscinski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Polish journalist whose \u003ci\u003eThe Soccer War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e are counted as classics of contemporary reportage now bears witness in \u003ci\u003eImperium\u003c\/i\u003e to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. This magisterial book combines childhood memory with unblinking journalism, a radar for the truth with a keen appreciation of the absurd. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperium\u003c\/i\u003e begins with Ryszard Kapuscinski's account of the Soviet occupation of his town in eastern Poland in 1939. It culminates fifty years later, with a forty-thousand-mile journey that takes him from the haunted corridors of the Kremlin to the abandoned \u003ci\u003egulag\u003c\/i\u003e of Kolyma, from a miners' strike in the arctic circle to a panic-stricken bus ride through the war-torn Caucasus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut of passivity and paranoia, ethnic hatred and religious fanaticism that have riven two generations of Eastern Europeans, Kapuscinski has composed a symphony for a collapsing empire--a work that translates history into the hopes and sufferings of the human beings condemned to live it.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy \"the conjuror extraordinary of modern portage\" (John le Carre)--a personal, brilliantly detailed exploration of the almost unfathomably complex Soviet empire. \"When a writer of Mr. Kapuscinski's genius writes of the snows and the steppes of Siberia, of the doomed Aral Sea and Kiev . . . no pictures are necessary.\"--The Wall Street Journal. First time in paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyszard Kapuscinski was born in eastern Poland in 1932. His earlier books, which include \u003ci\u003eShah of Shahs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Soccer War\u003c\/i\u003e, have been translated into nineteen languages. He died in January of 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.18 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978224042285,"sku":"9780679747802","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/GJ84hfqE249780679747802.webp?v=1775801115","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/imperium-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}