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Penguin Books, Limited (UK) 2001 Softcover Fair Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Penguin Books, Limited (UK), Date: 2010. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2010. Penguin Books, Limited (UK) ISBN 014118678X 9780141186788 [US]

ISBN10: 014118678X, ISBN13: 9780141186788, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd 2001-06-07, London] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]

Penguin Classics, Date: 2001. Paperback. New. 176 pages. 7.72x5.04x0.47 inches. 2001. Penguin Classics ISBN 014118678X 9780141186788 [GB]

ISBN10: 014118678X, ISBN13: 9780141186788, [publisher: Penguin, London] Softcover First Edition Book Condition: Near Fine. Originally published: London : Pan, 1987. Language note: Translated from the Polish. Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches. Weight: 4.2 ounces. '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. This is a fine, fine piece of tightly written war reportage. From the first page the heat, tension, cruelty and fear of the Angola civil war following Portugese decolonisation is brought to life by Kapuscinski's biscuit dry prose. He was not one of these sit back and learn of events from a distance whilst sipping fine malt whisky journalists. He bore right into the heart of the action, frequently risking his life. Some of the stories in here are highly strung in terms of tension, wit and emotion. Take the encounter with the security post, where you have a choice of two greetings to shout to the guards, the wrong one will result in death, and garbling a half sounding equivocation doesn't cut it. Also ...
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ISBN10: 014118678X, ISBN13: 9780141186788, [publisher: KNV Besorgung] Softcover 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 .
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2018]
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ISBN10: 014118678X, ISBN13: 9780141186788, [publisher: Gardners Books] Softcover New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]

Penguin Books, Limited (UK), Date: 2010-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2010. Penguin Books, Limited (UK) ISBN 014118678X 9780141186788 [US]