{"product_id":"imperium-9780679747802","title":"Imperium","description":"The 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254096593170,"sku":"9780679747802","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be8f3d6d-023f-44a1-9138-e6966b3c0e80.jpg?v=1746307528","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/imperium-9780679747802","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}