Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life Book

Introduction: The Smile 1

1 Daguerreotypes 5

2 Pinsk: The Beginning 9

3 War 19

4 Legends 1: His Father and Katyn 31

5 Inspired by Poetry, Storming Heaven 35

6 Lapidarium 1: The Poet 43

7 On the Construction Site of Socialism 45

8 Lapidarium 2: Lance Corporal Kapuscinski 53

9 On the Construction Site of Socialism, Continued 55

10 Alicja, Maminek, Zojka 65

11 '56: Revolution All Over Again 73

12 The Third World: A Clash and a Beginning 93

13 In 'Rakowski's Gang' 103

14 Legends 2: Sentenced to Death by Firing Squad 115

15 In 'Rakowski's Gang', Continued 119

16 Life in Africa 129

17 Objects of Fascination: The African Icons 139

18 Life in Africa, Continued 145

19 In the Corridors of Power 159

20 Lapidarium 3: The Reporter as Politician 169

21 On the Trail of Che Guevara 171

22 Legends 3: Che, Lumumba, Allende 179

23 On the Trail of Che Guevara, Continued 185

24 Objects of Fascination: The Latin American Icons 193

25 On the Trial of Che Guevara, Continued Further 197

26 Zojka's Escapes 207

27 A Committed Reporter, a Black-and-White World 213

28 Christ with a Rifle in a Czech Comedy at the Emperor's Court 225

29 On Love and Other Demons 245

30 The Final Revolution, the Final Coup 255

31 Worth More Than a Thousand Grizzled Journofantasists 281

32 Lapidarium 4: Why Did Kapuscinski Have No Critics in Poland? 297

33 The Reporter Amends Reality, Or, Critics of All Nations, Unite! 303

34 Legends 4: Kapuscinski and Kapuscinski 321

35 Our Friend Rysiek 323

36 Where to from Socialism? 333

37 Lapidarium 5: Was Kapuscinski a Thinker? 347

38 Where to from Socialism? Continued 355

39 The File 367

40 Legends 5: The Price of Greatness 389

41 Maestro Kapu 391

42 Unwritten Books 399

43 No Strength to Furnish the Face 411

Notes 425

Index 443