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A review by velarin
Jak nakarmić dyktatora by Witold Szabłowski
informative
fast-paced
4.25
How to Feed a Dictator gives the topic of dictatorships such an unseen and unique spin. By interviewing the private chefs of world's most infamous dictators, the author gives us a glimpse behind a curtain that history doesn't usually offer.
Some of the protagonists did not choose their life, some owe a lot and still think of their patron with a great deal of awe and respect. The testimonies are clearly biased and personal but they give us an interesting insight into why people follow such tyrants. What a person eats is a private and sheltered aspect of life, and every story in this book allows us to see some of the most calculated human beings as just that - human.
There are fragments of the book vastly more interesting and insightful than others, but, overall, the writing makes it a pleasure to read.
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Recenzja w języku polskim: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/jak-nakarmic-dyktatora/opinia/73354351
Some of the protagonists did not choose their life, some owe a lot and still think of their patron with a great deal of awe and respect. The testimonies are clearly biased and personal but they give us an interesting insight into why people follow such tyrants. What a person eats is a private and sheltered aspect of life, and every story in this book allows us to see some of the most calculated human beings as just that - human.
There are fragments of the book vastly more interesting and insightful than others, but, overall, the writing makes it a pleasure to read.
✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
Recenzja w języku polskim: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/jak-nakarmic-dyktatora/opinia/73354351