Reading Ilija Trojanow "The Book of Power"

In the "Book for the Bulgarian People", written in 1897, Stoyan Mikhailovsky has the old, frail vizier of the Ottoman Empire explain the strategies of ruling to his successor. Ilija Trojanow retells this text, which remains untranslated to this day, and juxtaposes the narrative with a chorus of voices of important theorists of ruling. The result is a cabinet of curiosities about the nature of power - and how we can protect ourselves from its dangers.





Ilija Trojanow's website: https://trojanow.de





The book has just been published by Der andere Bibliothek. More information at https://www.aufbau-verlage.de/die-andere-bibliothek/





Ilija Trojanow's novels such as "Der Weltensammler", "Macht und Widerstand" and "Tausend und ein Morgen" as well as his travel books are celebrated bestsellers and have been awarded numerous prizes. Among the honors was the Thomas Valentin Literature Prize from the city of Lippstadt in 1997.