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Travel, History, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
From the renowned journalist comes this intimate account of his years in the field, traveling for the first time beyond the Iron Curtain to India, China, Ethiopia, and other exotic locales.In the 1950s, Ryszard Kapuscinski finished university in Poland and became a foreign correspondent, hoping to go abroad -- perhaps to Czechoslovakia.
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Contemplative, prestige, meticulous and epic.
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“Innan Herodotos ger sig av på nästa resa, klättrar upp för branta bergsstigar, seglar över havet, rider genom väglöst land i Asien, innan han hamnar hos skyterna, upptäcker Babylons underverk och utforskar Nilens hemligheter, innan han möter hundra nya platser och ser tusen ofattbara saker, ska han skymta fram i de föreläsningar om det antika Grekland som professor Biezunska-Malowist håller två gånger i veckan för förstaårsstudenterna i historia vid Warsawauniversitetet.”
Ryszard Kapuściński (ur. 4 marca 1932 w Pińsku, zm. 23 stycznia 2007 w Warszawie) – polski reportażysta, publicysta, poeta i fotograf, zwany „cesarzem reportażu”. Należy do czołówki najczęściej tłumaczonych autorów polskich. ---------- Rysard Kapuściński (Pinsk, Poland, now Belarus, March 4, 1932 — Warsaw, January 23, 2007) was a Polish journalist, writer, essayist and poet, famous for his narratives about the African continent and for his literary reporting style, which combines exhaustive prior documentation, his experiences in the area, and his deep knowledge of its inhabitants, with his analytical ability to understand historical and political events.
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