Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski (English) Paperback Book

Description: Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski, William Brand 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost. In 1975 Kapuscinskis 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 authors 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. Author Biography Ryszard Kapuscinski was born in Poland in 1932. As a foreign correspondent for PAP, the Polish news agency, until 1981 he was an eyewitness to revolutions and civil wars in Africa, Asia and Latin America. His books include The Shadow of the Sun, The Emperor, Shah of Shahs, Another Day of Life and Travels with Herodotus. He won dozens of major literary prizes all over the world, and was made journalist of the century in Poland. He died in January 2007. Review " Completely compelling.... Full of subtle truths and oblique insights." -- "The New York Times Book Review" " Everything in Another Day of Life is alive-- we see the beginning of the process by which a reporters truth can, out of turmoil and fear, sometimes become an artists." -- "The Village Voice" " In this unblinking picture of survival amid directionless chaos lies perhaps the elusive primitive clarification of what civil was is really like in the third world." -- "San Francisco Chronicle""Completely compelling.... Full of subtle truths and oblique insights." --"The New York Times Book Review" "Everything in Another Day of Life is alive--we see the beginning of the process by which a reporters truth can, out of turmoil and fear, sometimes become an artists." --"The Village Voice" "In this unblinking picture of survival amid directionless chaos lies perhaps the elusive primitive clarification of what civil was is really like in the third world." --"San Francisco Chronicle" Kirkus US Review A gripping tale of a Polish newspaperman left behind in Luanda, capital of Angola, after the evacuation of the Portuguese in 1975. As everyone in town leaves, including the police and even the dogs, apocalypse seems imminent, but the author remains through impressive intestinal fortitude. Kapuscinski tells his story in telegraphic prose, admirably spare and concise. In fact, the translation preserves a certain Graham Greene flavor, and for a reporter on site, there can be no higher praise. The books beginning might be the start of a story by Greene: "For three months I lived in Luanda, in the Tivoli hotel." Through the dark days, as the people surrounding the author vanish, he continues to send dispatches to Poland. The messages from the machine, typed in upper case, give an added typographical excitement to the book, rather as if the words were being banged out just as we read them. Not only does Kapuscinski keep reportting through all this, he even maintains his journalistic ethics: "Its wrong to write about people without living through at least a little of what they are living through," he says. This maxim motivates a jeep ride hair-raising in its danger. The violence expected does not come, but the reporter sweats so much during the ride that a pack-age of cigarettes in his pocket dissolves into "a handful of damp hay smelling of nicotine." As the hour of invasion approaches, a deep sense of urgency makes the writing even better, if anything. There is a list of what can be done in an abandoned city on Sunday that is acceptable free verse, capped by the surreal image of a continuous showing of the soft-porn film Emanuelle in a public plaza, with freeze-frame effects by the projectionists. This touch of comedy does not detract from the books tone of sorrow, encapsulated in the pathetically noble headline of a local newspaper: "The hour of truth has arrived!" For exciting, evocative, on-the-spot reporting of history in the making, a most vivid choice. (Kirkus Reviews) Details ISBN014118678X Pages 176 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2001 ISBN-10 014118678X ISBN-13 9780141186788 Format Paperback Publication Date 2001-06-07 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Polish DEWEY 967.304 Illustrations map Author William Brand Media Book Translator William Brand Short Title ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE Language English Residence US Death 2007 Series Penguin Modern Classics UK Release Date 2001-06-07 Alternative 9780141913155 Audience General NZ Release Date 2001-07-22 AU Release Date 2001-07-22 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:626791;

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