by Ryszard Kapuściński · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807170232
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«Lapidarium. In viaggio tra i frammenti della storia» is a collection of reflections by Ryszard Kapuściński, published by Feltrinelli in paperback.
It brings together reflections, diary notes and political-economic analyses that Kapuściński jotted down during his travels. Through brief fragments, the author observes settings such as Abu Dhabi or Berlin and builds a perspective on contemporary history, the human condition and modern communication, with attention to the futile and the marginal.
Work in Italian of 120 pages, published in September 1997; number 23 in the Serie bianca collection, with translation by Vera Verdiani.
For readers interested in narrative journalism, recent history and travel writing.
Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist, photographer and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature. He was the Communist-era Polish Press Agency's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization, and also worked in South America and Asia. Between 1956 and 1981 he reported on 27 revolutions and coups, until he was fired because of his support for the pro-democracy Solidarity movement in his native country. He was celebrated by other practitioners of the genre. The acclaimed Italian reportage-writer Tiziano Terzani, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, and Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda accorded him the title "Maestro".
