Book : Shah Of Shahs - Kapuscinski, Ryszard

-Titulo Original : Shah Of Shahs

-Fabricante :

Vintage

-Descripcion Original:

In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographers perspective and a novelists virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into a second America in a generation, only to be toppled virtually overnight. From his vantage point at the break-up of the old regime, Kapuscinski gives us a compelling history of conspiracy, repression, fanatacism, and revolution.Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand. Review A book of great economy and power...with vivid imagery, a breathless way of writing that carries the reader along, and a supreme sense of the absurd. -New RepublicLike Sir Richard Butron, Evelyn Waugh and Mungo Park, [Kapuscinski] makes literature out of journalism. -NewsweekInsightful and important.... A readable, timely and valuable contribution to the understanding of the revolutionary forces at work in Iran.... The reader almost becomes a participant. -The New York Times Book ReviewA supercharged particle of a book. -Los Angeles Times From the Publisher A book of great economy and power...with vivid imagery, a breathless way of writing that carries the reader along, and a supreme sense of the absurd.--The New Republic From the Back Cover In this book, the author brings a mythographers perspective and novelists virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States client-dictators, who resolved to transform his country into a second America in a generation, only to be toppled virtually overnight. About the Author Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland’s most celebrated foreign correspondent, was born in 1932 in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus) and spent four decades reporting on Asia, Latin America, and Africa. He is also the author of Imperium, Another Day of Life, and The Soccer War. His books have been translated into 28 languages. Kapuscinski died in 2007.