by Ryszard Kapuściński, Pau Freixa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417181796
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The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuściński offers a deep and critical view of the regime of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. Through testimonies and stories, Kapuściński constructs a portrait of absolute power and decadence, exploring themes of corruption, adulation, and the disconnection between the ruler and his people. This edition from Navona Trajectes presents the work in its original language, Spanish, allowing Spanish-speaking readers to appreciate the narrative mastery and political analysis of the author.
Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist, photographer and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature. He was the Communist-era Polish Press Agency's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization, and also worked in South America and Asia. Between 1956 and 1981 he reported on 27 revolutions and coups, until he was fired because of his support for the pro-democracy Solidarity movement in his native country. He was celebrated by other practitioners of the genre. The acclaimed Italian reportage-writer Tiziano Terzani, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, and Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda accorded him the title "Maestro".
