The review on Ryzard Kapuscinski by Andrew Rice is a very complete one. It captures his character and uses quotes to support it. Even though I have only read The Soccer War the Kapuscinski described is exactly the one I met when I read it.
The most outstanding characteristic about him is the fact that he is everywhere, even in the most risky situations, but no body seems to notice him. He is a white man in the middle of an African revolution and they just let him be. He is invisible. This led me to doubt if he makes it up, but after reading the main chapter of the book I went back to believing him. He is so detailed and real.
I have to disagree with Rice when he says Kapuscinski does not talk about his early life. He mentions the fact that he witness a war in Poland various times throughout The Soccer War, for example when he sees the Cyprian refugees he remembered how he felt when the same happened to him and he talks about it in the speech he gives.
Apart from that, I do not think Kapuscinski’s books should have political analysis. It would take away the “novelish” and fun aspect they have. He is not the type of reporter that informs the facts; he is the one that covers the action. But this doesn’t make his books incomplete; they are just different. They are “New Literature”.
I wouldn’t consider Kapuscinski a racist. When he generalizes the Latin American people, I identified (I am Colombian). There are some things that we have in common and there is nothing wrong with pointing them out. If I could, I would even congratulate him because generalizing is a very difficult thing to do.
The most outstanding characteristic about him is the fact that he is everywhere, even in the most risky situations, but no body seems to notice him. He is a white man in the middle of an African revolution and they just let him be. He is invisible. This led me to doubt if he makes it up, but after reading the main chapter of the book I went back to believing him. He is so detailed and real.
I have to disagree with Rice when he says Kapuscinski does not talk about his early life. He mentions the fact that he witness a war in Poland various times throughout The Soccer War, for example when he sees the Cyprian refugees he remembered how he felt when the same happened to him and he talks about it in the speech he gives.
Apart from that, I do not think Kapuscinski’s books should have political analysis. It would take away the “novelish” and fun aspect they have. He is not the type of reporter that informs the facts; he is the one that covers the action. But this doesn’t make his books incomplete; they are just different. They are “New Literature”.
I wouldn’t consider Kapuscinski a racist. When he generalizes the Latin American people, I identified (I am Colombian). There are some things that we have in common and there is nothing wrong with pointing them out. If I could, I would even congratulate him because generalizing is a very difficult thing to do.
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