Another Day of Life

This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost In 1975 Kapuscinski s employers sent him to Angola to cover the civil war that had broken out after independence For months he watched as Luanda and then the rest of the country collapsed into a civil war that was in the author s words sloppy, dogged and cruel In his account, Kapuscinski demonstrates an extraordinary capacity to describe and to explain the individual meaning of grand political abstractions. Best Download [ Another Day of Life ] By [ Ryszard Kapuściński ] – kino-fada.fr I never thought a Polish journalist s first hand account of civil war in Angola in the 1970s would be so beautifully written that I d wake up in the night, turn the light on and have to finish the book, but it had me gripped like that Am n...Review em portugu s, followed by review in EnglishEM PORTUGU S Situado na Angola desgarrada pela guerra, nos meses pr vios declara o da independ ncia, isto tamb m parte da hist ria de Portugal, do imenso xodo de meio milh o de Portugueses e dos que l ficaram e decidiram abra ar a nova nacionalidade E tudo, com o selo caracter stico do sempre interessante Kapu ci ski.IN ENGLISH Set in a chaotic and war torn Angola during the three months previous to the declaration of independence, this Review em portugu s, followed by review in EnglishEM PORTUGU S Situado na Angola desgarrada pela guerra, nos meses pr vios declara o da independ ncia, isto tamb m parte da hist ria de Portugal, do imenso xodo de meio milh o de Portugueses e dos que l ficaram e decidiram abra ar a nova nacionalidade E tudo, com o selo caracter stico do sempre interessante Kapu ci ski.IN ENGLISH Set in a chaotic and war torn Angola during the...Another Day of Life is beautiful, surreal, and tragic reportage from Angola at the bloody birth of that nation that is also imbued with a non grating sense of something close to whimsy The country dropped as a colony by the fleeing Portuguese is torn between three armies and their allies fighting a proxy war Cuba, Zaire now DRC South Africa Filled with wonderful described moments and written with sense of atmosphere and perfect details The fine moments are almost too many to point out an Another Day of Life is beautiful, surreal, and tragic reportage from Angola at the bloody birth of that nation that is also imbued with a non grating sense of something close to whimsy The country dropped as a colony by the fleeing Portuguese is torn between three armies and their allies fighting a proxy war Cuba, Zaire now DRC South Africa Filled with wonderful described moments and written with sense of atmosphere and perfect details The fine moments are almost too many to point out and cruel spoilage for future readers to describe, but the crate city, the migratory pack of forgotten dogs, the culture of checkpoints, the ...1975 1975 Beautiful writing, and I m sure, also great translation.This is a very sad story that can tear you up The next prisoner looks twelve he says he s sixteen He knows it is shameful to fight for the FNLA, but they told him that if he went to the front they would send him to school afterward he wants to finish school because he wants to paint if he could get paper and a pencil he could draw something right now He could do a portrait he also knows how to sculpt and would like to show his sculpt Beautiful writing, and I m sure, also great translation.This is a very sad story that can tear you up The next prisoner looks twelve he says he s sixteen He knows it is shameful to fight for the FNLA, but they told him that if he went to the front they would send him to school afterward he wants to finish school because he wants to p...Impressionistic account of the last days of Portuguese rule in the last European colony in Africa Kapu ci ski was in Luanda, the capital and traveled around territory controlled often temporarily by the MPLA, the liberation movement that was supported by the USSR and Cuba As a Warsaw Pact journalist his accreditation if not his sympathies were to them The MPLA was at war with UNITA in the north which was supported by Mobutu s Zaire and therefor by the U.S and France which funded Mobutu fo Impressionistic account of the last days of Portuguese rule in the last European colony in Africa Kapu ci ski was in Luanda, the capital and traveled around territory controlled often temporarily by the MPLA, the liberation movement that was supported by the USSR and Cuba As a Warsaw Pact journalist his accreditation if not his sympathies were to them The MPLA was at war with UNITA in the north which was supported by Mobutu s Zaire and therefor by the U.S and France which funded Mobutu for decades In south were the forces of the FNLA which an invasio...Abordei este livro com elevadas expectativas, o que sempre um erro A culpa foi da Granta nr 1 onde li pela primeira vez algo deste autor e adorei dif cil escrever sobre este livro Ao chegar ao fim, a sensa o a de que faltam ali muitos cap tulos, tudo muito despachado para a frente e, nalgumas partes, superficial Claro que o tema n o para brincadeiras e consigo imaginar o que ter o sido aqueles dias para quem os viveu no palco e n o meramente na plateia Como muitos, recordo os Abordei este livro com elevadas expectativas, o que sempre um erro A culpa foi da Granta nr 1 onde li pela primeira vez algo deste autor e adorei dif cil escrever sobre este livro Ao chegar ao fim, a sensa o a de que faltam ali muitos cap tulos, tudo muito despachado para a frente e, nalgumas partes, superficial Claro que o tema n o para brincadeiras e consigo imaginar o que ter o sido aqueles dias para ... Another Day of Life is a very well written account of very important but seldom remembered conflict in Angola that was really a war of ideology, filled with warrior poets, opportunists revolutionaries and sell outs It recalls the enormous potential of of post colonial africa without shying away from its practical failure What Kapuscinski lacks is ain depth examination of the relationships in the conflict The subtle themes are there but he could have g...

• English
• 26 August 2018
Ryszard Kapuściński
• Paperback
• 148 pages
• 014118678X
• Ryszard Kapuściński
• Another Day of Life