Ryszard Kapuściński
Subtitle: a life
By: Artur Domosławski ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Contributors: Lloyd-Jones, Antonia
Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9781781680810
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Journalists; Biography
Work titles: Kapuściński non-fiction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-442) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the first thing you notice is the smile; title: Daguerreotypes; title: Pi?sk: the beginning; title: War; title: Legends 1: his father and Katy?; title: Inspired by poetry, storming heaven; title: Lapidarium 1: the poet; title: On the construction site of socialism; title: Lapidarium 2: Lance Corporal Kapuscinski; title: On the construction site of socialism, continued; title: Alicja, Maminek, Zojka; title: '56: revolution all over again; title: The third world: a clash and a beginning; title: In 'Rakowski's gang'; title: Legends 2: sentenced to death by firing squad; title: In 'rakowski's gang', continued; title: Life in Africa; title: Objects of fascination: the african icons; title: Life in africa, continued; title: In the corridors of power; title: Lapidarium 3: the reporter as politician; title: On the trail of che guevara; title: Legends 3: che, lumumba, allende; title: On the trail of Che Guevara, continued; title: Objects of fascination: the Latin American icons; title: On the trail of Che Guevara, continued further; title: Zojka's escapes; title: A committed reporter, a black-and-white world; title: Christ with a rifle in a Czech comedy at the emperor's court; title: On love and other demons; title: The final revolution, the final coup; title: Worth more than a thousand grizzled journofantasists; title: Lapidarium 4: why did Kapucinski have no critics in Poland?; title: The reporter amends reality, or, critics of all nations, unite!; title: Legends 4: kapuscinski and kapuscinski; title: Our friend Rysiek; title: Where to from socialism?; title: Lapidarium 5: was Kapuscinski a thinker?; title: Where to from socialism? continued; title: The file; title: Legends 5: the price of greatness; title: Maestro kapu; title: Unwritten books; title: No strength to furnish his face.