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896 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2010
came away with the impression that, despite his worldwide fame and star status, Kapuscinski still behaved like someone who lacked self-confidence ...he kept emphasising the fact that he had witnessed such and such a number of revolutions, such and such a number of coups, and repeatedly mentioned that while working on Imperium he had travelled some 60,000 km within the old Soviet Union. 'I remember thinking at the time, "My God, why does he keep on repeating that? ... You don't have to tell me that, you're Kapuscinski!"'