Travels with Herodotus
Ryszard Kapuscinski
ISBN: | 9780713998481 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Published: | 7 June, 2007 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
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Travels with Herodotus
Ryszard Kapuscinski
As a novice reporter in the 1950s, the young Ryzsard Kapuscinski wanted nothing more than to travel outside the borders of Poland. One day, without warning, his editor called him into her office and told him he was being sent to India. Along with a present for the road. A thick book with a stiff cover of yellow cloth. On the front, stamped in gold letters, was Herodotus The Histories. Travels with Herodotus records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays - to India, China and Africa - with the great Greek historian constantly in his pocket. He sees Louis Armstrong in Khartoum, visits Dar-es-Salaam, arrives in Algiers in time for a coup when nothing seems to happen (but he sees the Mediterranean for the first time). At every encounter with a new culture, Kapuscinski plunges in, curious and observant, thirsting to understand its history, its thought, its people.
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