Shadow of the Sun

Name: Shadow of the Sun
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ISBN: 9780679454915

ISBN-10: 0679454918

ISBN-13: 9780679454915

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ryszard Kapuscinski, Klara Glowczewksa

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Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa in 1957, at the beginning of the end of colonial rule––the “sometimes dramatic and painful, sometimes enjoyable and jubilant” rebirth of a continent. The Shadow of the Sun sums up the author’s experiences (“the record of a forty-year marriage”) in this place that became the central obsession of his remarkable career. From the hopeful years of independence through the bloodcurdling disintegration of nations such as Nigeria, Liberia, Rwanda, and Angola, Kapuscinski recounts great social and political changes as seen through the prism of the ordinary African. He looks at the rough-and-ready physical world and identifies the true geography of Africa––a…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/17/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Ryszard Kapuscinski was born in 1932. His books have been translated into 19 languages. He lives in Warsaw.