NPR's Report Of Kapuscinski After His Death

The report I heard in NPR could be considered a summary of the Soccer War even though it doesn't mention this book. The reason for this is that the Soccer War narrates Kapuscinski's life. In the program were he is mentioned there are two points that were discussed that can be related with the book. The first one is the fact that Kapuscinski was present in various revolutions through out the 60s 70s and 80s, and that he was present in the Soccer Match which was the war between Nicaragua and Honduras. After listening to this piece of information I assume that this war is the reason why the book was named this way.

The second connection of the program and the book is that in the first one a close friend and fellow writer, Lawrence Weschler spoke wonderful things about Kapuscinski, his personality, and how he narrates his books and at the same time is a character. In the Soccer War, in the chapter when he goes back to Poland we learn a lot about his personality and Weschler mentions this same characteristics. Apart from this through out the whole book we notice he is the main character and narrator of his book.

I think the program is very sweet to recognize him and take time to talk about this wonderful writer and reporter after his death. I also ended up liking him even more after listening how Wreschler spoke of him. I also want to read his other book which was mentioned in the interview because the first lines which were read are very attractive.