description: When recent college graduate Ryszard Kapuscinski told his Polish editor that he'd like to work abroad, he had his eyes set on nothing more ambitious than a Prague sabbatical. Instead, his boss dispatched him to India. Thus began the eventful career of a foreign correspondent who was frequently mentioned as a favorite to win the Nobel Prize. Kapuscinski died before he could receive that accolade, but he did gift us with numerous incomparable books, including The Emperor, Imperium, and Shah of Shahs. This book serves as a gentle reprise of his first encounters with the non-Western world. Accompanying him on his travels is a volume of Herodotus, perhaps the first wise commentator on the globalism that still rocks our world.
language: English
title: Viajes con Heródoto
titlecomplete: Viajes con Heródoto
genres: Classics, History, Travel, Polish Literature, Poland, Africa, Biography, Journalism, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 8146
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Nike Literary Award (Nagroda Literacka Nike)
category: Audience, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Círculo de lectores, S.A.