The last book of the late, great traveller-reporter, this explains the motivation of Kapuscinski\'s whole career. \'The master of literary reportage...\' Independent.
At every encounter with a new culture, Kapuscinski plunges in, curious and observant, thirsting to understand its history, its thought, its people.
It records how, armed with Herodotus\' The Histories, he set out on his first forays to India, China and Africa in the 1950s.
The last book of the late, great traveller-reporter, this explains the motivation of Kapuscinski\'s whole career