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Ryszard Kapuscinski - Another Day of Life (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence.
This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of anarchy.
'This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost'.
In 1975 Kapuscinski's employers sent him to Angola to cover the civil war that had broken out after independence. For months he watched as Luanda and then the rest of the country collapsed into a civil war that was in the author's words 'sloppy, dogged and cruel'.
In his account, Kapuscinski demonstrates an extraordinary capacity to describe and to explain the individual meaning of grand political abstractions.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - War & Civil War
- Published : 1987 (This Edition 2001 - Penguin Classics)
- ISBN : 9780141186788
- SKU : B003154
- PPC : LL250gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"I never thought a Polish journalist's first-hand account of civil war in Angola in the 1970s would be so beautifully written that I'd wake up in the night, turn the light on and have to finish the book, but it had me gripped like that. Am now an utter convert to Kapuscinski's writing about Africa. Astonishing."
". . . it earns comparison to Hemingway, Calvino, Kafka, Hunter S. Thompson, and Robert Stone. That disparate list should showcase the beauty, power, and uniqueness of Kapuscinski’s vision and style. Truth of not, Another Day of Life is a powerful piece on a forgotten war and a forgotten country." - Goodreads Reviews.
The Author
Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.