Description
Remote People follows Evelyn Waugh through a chain of far-flung colonial outposts—Ethiopia, Aden, Zanzibar, Kenya, Uganda, and finally the Congo—where every journey becomes a sharp-eyed encounter with people, power, and performance. Beginning with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie I), the book moves through bustling ports, remote stations, and uneasy social worlds, blending travel narrative with comic observation and cultural candor. Waugh’s distinctive style—wry, fast, and often delightfully acerbic—turns everyday scenes into portraits of ambition, misunderstanding, and the strange theater of empire. At its heart, this is a book about distance: between travelers and locals, ideals and realities, and the stories nations tell about themselves.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Classic
Published Sep 21, 2010
192 pages
ISBN: 9780141186399
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Details
First Published
1930
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Remote People by Evelyn Waugh.