内容説明
After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories. Here, their eloquent and ironic voices depict the lavish, corrupt world they had known - from the rituals, hierarchies and intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler who maintained absolute power over his impoverished people. They describe his inexorable downfall as the Ethiopian military approach, strange omens appear in the sky and courtiers vanish, until only the Emperor and his valet remain in the deserted palace, awaiting their fate. Dramatic and mesmerising, The Emperor is one of the great works of reportage and a haunting epitaph on the last moments of a dying regime.
内容(「BOOK」データベースより)
「そうです。皇帝の1日は、通報者たちの報告を聞くことから始まります。危険な企ては夜生まれます…」。密告制度を張りめぐらし、飼いライオンにしか心をひらかなかった“哲人皇帝”ハイレ・セラシエ。世界最古の帝国に君臨した独裁者の、孤独と猜疑にみちた権力の日々が、そして暗黒政治の実態が、当時宮廷に仕えた召使いたちの生々しい証言によって、赤裸にあばかれる。いま静かに上がる、エチオピア帝国崩壊のドラマの幕―。
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