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The Emperor. Polish Editions and ISBN.

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Below is a working list of Polish editions of “The Emperor” by Ryszard Kapuściński. In older editions the ISBN was not always given, or does not appear in the available library catalogues.

Polish Editions

Edition I Year of publication: 1978 Publisher: Czytelnik Print run: 35,000 copies ISBN: no confirmed number

Edition II Year of publication: 1980 Publisher: Czytelnik Print run: 40,000 copies ISBN: 83-07-00156-0

Edition III Year of publication: 1982 Publisher: Czytelnik Print run: 35,000 copies ISBN: no confirmed number

The Emperor — A Pamphlet on Totalitarianism. Review of the Book "The Emperor"

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Maciej Skórczewski. Date of publication: 2000-02-01

Ethiopia, mid-1970s. Night, silence, tension and fear palpable in the air. Somewhere in the remotest corner of Addis Ababa, in the quietest house, in deep conspiracy, an interview begins — or rather a long monologue of witnesses. People who, on account of what they did in the past, are condemned to constant hiding. Outside, a revolution is progressing. The country is gripped by civil war; a struggle for power is being waged. A decisive advantage is being gained by the mutinous army, the army that until recently served its ruler faithfully — the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. It is the year 1975; the storm calms down, a second war begins — a war in which victors hunt the vanquished, a war in which death is delivered not by technology but by an “ordinary” denunciation by a neighbour. In such conspiratorial conditions we meet people who until recently served the highest authority in Ethiopia — Emperor Haile Selassie I. And so begins another and one of the finest books by Ryszard Kapuściński, entitled “The Emperor”. A book that has been universally recognised as a pamphlet on totalitarianism.

Narration in "The Emperor" by Ryszard Kapuściński

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Magdalena Horodecka (University of Gdańsk) Source: Pamiętnik Literacki XCVIII, 2007, no. 3, pp. 21–45

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Pamiętnik Literacki XCVIII (2007), no. 3, pp. 21–45

Magdalena Horodecka

Narration in »The Emperor« by Ryszard Kapuściński

Each reproduction of reality in a work is its creative interpretation through text, and each interpretation is a specific form of reproduction. To speak paradoxically: reality cannot be reproduced in text, but neither can it not be reproduced.