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Title: Imperium by Ryszard Kapuscinski ISBN: 0-679-74780-X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 08 August, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating
Comment: I consider myself a lifelong student of Russia and the former Soviet Union, having read and studied a huge number of books and reports on the subject. But Ryszard Kapuscinski's Imperium is superior to everything else I have read and imagined. He is a keen observer and a superb writer; he has traveled to cities and regions where even the most hardened Russian reporters didn't go. His prose is gripping and the translation is excellent. Reading this book is a rare pleasure. I recommend it very highly to all those who want to understand what Russia is and why the Russians are the way they are. They are very different from the rest of the world and Kapuscinski unravels the mystery better than any body else. Having studied Eastern Europe for more than 50 years I can say this with a great deal of confidence.
Rating: 5
Summary: Russia's Story through the eyes of the best polish writer
Comment: At first I have to say, that I really haven't read that book in english, so I don't know the english translation, only the original version of the book. I LOVED IT. I have always been intrested in history and I have always loved "fact literature", and this book is a comprehensive and colorful, tragic story of a tragic country. It turns us inside-out. We can hardly stop reading. And all the time we have a chance to admire Ryszard Kapuscinski's specific, beutiful and simple in it's structure - style. We see a picture of a country of misery.Country of pain and blood. But not only. Through the author's eyes, we watch the people,see their emotins, their life, their faith and power.Ryszard Kapuscinski,unequalled for many world's great journalist,master of reportage has written a beautiful book, which made me a huge fan of him. Imperium - especially recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Russia/USSR from a strictly human perspective
Comment: I can add little to earlier reviews other than to comment that Kapuscinski takes a refreshingly unique angle in trying to make sense of USSR/Russia. He was obviously touched by visits to the Caucausian region and these are the most emotional chapters of the book. Don't expect a travel book. Kapuscinski approaches the book from a human perspective rather than from a structural/physical geographic angle. In that respect its a book about people and their daily lives within a specific regime that so obviously turned sour from its early existence. A great book. The only way to do it justice is to read it.
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Title: Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski ISBN: 0679738010 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 04 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinski ISBN: 0679722033 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 13 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski ISBN: 0679779078 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski ISBN: 0679738053 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 04 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski ISBN: 0375726292 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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