Penguin publishes book by Polish writer Kapuściński
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
31.03.2017 11:20
The UK’s largest publisher, Penguin Random House, has brought out another book by Polish journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuściński.
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Entitled “Nobody Leaves”, the book is a collection of reportage on various aspects of life under communism in Poland in the 1950s and 60s.
Penguin writes on its website: “From forgotten villages to collective farms, Kapuściński explores a Poland that is post-Stalinist but still Communist; a country on the edge of modernity. He encounters those for whom the promises of rising living standards never worked out as planned, those who would have been misfits under any political system, those tied to the land and those dreaming of escape.”
Penguin’s catalogue includes several translations of Kapuściński’s books: “The Shadow of the Sun”, “The Emperor”, “Shah of Shahs”, “Another Day of Life” and “Travels with Herodotus”.
Kapuściński (1932-2007) worked for many years as a foreign correspondent for the Polish Press Agency.
He witnessed numerous revolutions and civil wars in Africa, Asia and Latin America. His books have been translated into over 30 languages. (mk/pk)