{"product_id":"sandberg-sem-steve-the-emperor-of-lies-9780887842597","title":"The Emperor of Lies","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second-largest Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lódz. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director -- and the elusive, authoritarian power sustaining the ghetto’s very existence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of Sweden's most critically acclaimed and bestselling authors, \u003cem\u003eThe Emperor of Lies\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the tale of Rumkowski's monarchical rule over a quarter-million Jews for the next four years. Driven by a titanic ambition, he sought to transform the ghetto into a productive industrial complex and strove to make it --and himself -- indispensable to the regime. Drawing on the detailed records of life in the Lódz ghetto, Steve Sem-Sandberg captures the full panorama of human resilience and probes deeply into the nature of evil. He asks the most difficult questions: Was Rumkowski a ruthless opportunist, an accessory to the regime driven by a lust for power? Or was he a pragmatic strategist who managed to save Jewish lives through his collaboration policies?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the August Prize, Sweden’s most important literary award, \u003cem\u003eThe Emperor of Lies\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting, profoundly challenging novel.","brand":"House of Anansi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53759932924246,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780887842597_1.jpg?v=1781798659","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/sandberg-sem-steve-the-emperor-of-lies-9780887842597","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}