Imperium
(Book)
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Author:
Published:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
x, 331 pages ; 22 cm
Status:
Eagle River Adult Nonfiction
917.7 KAP
Description
Between 1989 and 1991, Kapuscinski made a series of extended journeys through the disintegrating Soviet empire, and his account of these forms the heart of the book. Bypassing official institutions and itineraries, he traversed the Soviet territory alone, from the border of Poland to the site of the most infamous gulags in far-eastern Siberia (where "nature pals it up with the executioner"), from above the Arctic Circle to the edge of Afghanistan, visiting dozens of cities and towns and outposts, traveling more than 40,000 miles, venturing into the individual lives of men, women, and children in order to understand the collapsing but still various larger life of the empire.
Bringing the book to a close is a collection of notes which, Kapuscinski writes, "arose in the margins of my journeys" - reflections on the state of the ex-USSR and on his experience of having watched its fate unfold "on the screen of a television set ... as well as on the screen of the country's ordinary, daily reality, which surrounded me during my travels." It is this "schizophrenic perception in two different dimensions" that enabled Kapuscinski to discover and illuminate the most telling features of a society in dire turmoil.
Imperium is a remarkable work from one of the most original and sharply perceptive interpreters of our world - a galvanizing narrative deeply informed by Kapuscinski's limitless curiosity and his passion for truth, and suffused with his vivid sense of the overwhelming importance of history as it is lived, and of our constantly shifting places within it.
Bringing the book to a close is a collection of notes which, Kapuscinski writes, "arose in the margins of my journeys" - reflections on the state of the ex-USSR and on his experience of having watched its fate unfold "on the screen of a television set ... as well as on the screen of the country's ordinary, daily reality, which surrounded me during my travels." It is this "schizophrenic perception in two different dimensions" that enabled Kapuscinski to discover and illuminate the most telling features of a society in dire turmoil.
Imperium is a remarkable work from one of the most original and sharply perceptive interpreters of our world - a galvanizing narrative deeply informed by Kapuscinski's limitless curiosity and his passion for truth, and suffused with his vivid sense of the overwhelming importance of history as it is lived, and of our constantly shifting places within it.
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Eagle River Adult Nonfiction
917.7 KAP
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0679426191
Notes
General Note
Nonfiction.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Kapuściński, R. (1994). Imperium. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Kapuściński, Ryszard. 1994. Imperium. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Kapuściński, Ryszard, Imperium. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
MLA Citation (style guide)Kapuściński, Ryszard. Imperium. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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