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Ryszard Kapuscinski A Life

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ISBN-10: 184467858X

ISBN-13: 9781844678587

Edition: 2012

Authors: Artur Domoslawski, Antonia Lloyd-Jones

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From postcolonial Africa to revolutionary Iran, from the military dictatorships of Latin America to Soviet Russia, the Polish journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuciski was one of the most dauntless and important eyewitness reporters of the twentieth century. In his committed journalism covering the great revolutions of the age, and his resolute anti-colonialism, Kapuciski created a new genre of creative reporting:one that brought him immense fame in the Western world and to the attention of the CIA.In this major new biography, Artur Domosawski shines new light on the personal relationships of this intensely charismatic, highly private man,and the intractable issue at the heart of Kapuciski’s…    
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 8/24/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.39" wide x 9.46" long x 1.54" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Artur Domos�awski writes on international politics for the weekly review Polityka and for the Polish edition of Le Monde diplomatique, and for two decades reported for the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza. In 2010 he received Poland�s prestigious Journalist of the Year Award. A Knight Fellow at Stanford University in 2005�6, he is the author of five books and is currently working on a book about contemporary Latin America.

Introduction: The Smile
Daguerreotypes
Pinsk: The Beginning
War
Legends 1: His Father and Katyn
Inspired by Poetry, Storming Heaven
Lapidarium 1: The Poet
On the Construction Site of Socialism
Lapidarium 2: Lance Corporal Kapuscinski
On the Construction Site of Socialism, Continued
Alicja, Maminek, Zojka
'56: Revolution All Over Again
The Third World: A Clash and a Beginning
In 'Rakowski's Gang'
Legends 2: Sentenced to Death by Firing Squad
In 'Rakowski's Gang', Continued
Life in Africa
Objects of Fascination: The African Icons
Life in Africa, Continued
In the Corridors of Power
Lapidarium 3: The Reporter as Politician
On the Trail of Che Guevara
Legends 3: Che, Lumumba, Allende
On the Trail of Che Guevara, Continued
Objects of Fascination: The Latin American Icons
On the Trial of Che Guevara, Continued Further
Zojka's Escapes
A Committed Reporter, a Black-and-White World
Christ with a Rifle in a Czech Comedy at the Emperor's Court
On Love and Other Demons
The Final Revolution, the Final Coup
Worth More Than a Thousand Grizzled Journofantasists
Lapidarium 4: Why Did Kapuscinski Have No Critics in Poland?
The Reporter Amends Reality, Or, Critics of All Nations, Unite!
Legends 4: Kapuscinski and Kapuscinski
Our Friend Rysiek
Where to from Socialism?
Lapidarium 5: Was Kapuscinski a Thinker?
Where to from Socialism? Continued
The File
Legends 5: The Price of Greatness
Maestro Kapu
Unwritten Books
No Strength to Furnish the Face
Notes
Index