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peacenluv 's review for:
The Emperor
by Ryszard Kapuściński, William R. Brand, Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
on the one hand i despise attempts by european intellectuals to explain ethiopia but on the other hand this was really good.
i’m glad i’ve read a number of books on the subject of Selassie and this is only one of them, but what this loses in being defiantly unhagiographical it gains in its novellesque pace and lyrical use of language.
i see Selassie as a protagonist and victim of the 20th century and this book certainly gives a glimpse into his strange strange and apocalyptic downfall.
i’m glad i’ve read a number of books on the subject of Selassie and this is only one of them, but what this loses in being defiantly unhagiographical it gains in its novellesque pace and lyrical use of language.
i see Selassie as a protagonist and victim of the 20th century and this book certainly gives a glimpse into his strange strange and apocalyptic downfall.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War
this is only a fractional view of a life that is almost untellably large. should be read at least alongside Selassie’s own memoirs and other accounts by Africans