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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780679738053 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
Ryszard Kapuscinski is one of the greatest journalists alive and one of the greatest writers, too. The titles don't always fit together easily, but what Kapuscinski does is far more than just journalism. His writing has been part of what he calls the "New Literature," of which Kapuscinski was one of the first and is still one of the best. The Soccer War is by far his best book, made up of dispatches from his years as a foreign correspondent in the Third World, with real-life adventures like you'll find in few journalists' writing today.
Recommended by Frank Bures
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—The Wall Street Journal
"Kapuscinski is the conjuror extraordinary of modern reportage, and The Soccer War is a splendid example of his magic."
—John le Carré
"Powerful and touching."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Stripped of excess, remarkably void of cynicism, Kapuscinski's writing has the force and vision of literature . . . . He makes his world so real, so alive beyond obscure headlines and other mind-numbing inoculations."
—Boston Globe
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780679738053
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books USA
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Africa
- Subject:
- Description and travel
- Subject:
- History
- Subject:
- Modern - 20th Century
- Subject:
- Asia - Central
- Subject:
- Latin america
- Subject:
- Military - Other
- Subject:
- Revolutions
- Subject:
- Revolutions -- History -- 20th century.
- Edition Description:
- 1st Vintage international ed.
- Series Volume:
- 80-2
- Publication Date:
- February 1992
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 8.06x5.16x.65 in. .54 lbs.











