In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

"Only with the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist". Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In a study that avoids the official routes, palaces and big politics, he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen at ...(展开全部)

"Only with the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist". Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In a study that avoids the official routes, palaces and big politics, he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen at ...(展开全部)

爱德华多•加莱亚诺（Eduardo Galeano，1940— ） 乌拉圭记者、作家和小说家，生于蒙得维的亚，14岁时创作的政治漫画被报刊采用，先后担任过周刊、日报的记者、编辑、主编。1973年乌拉圭发生军事政变后入狱。曾流亡12年并被列入阿根廷军事政权的死亡名单。其作品已被翻译为28种语言。著有《火的记忆》（1986）和《拉丁美洲被切开的血管》（1971）。

From the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in Translation, Eating the Sun is a delicately existential, beautifully illustrated, and welcoming exploration of the universe—one that examines and marvels at the astonishing principles, laws, and phenomena that we exist alongside, that we sit within.

[美]吉恩•沃尔夫（Gene Wolfe, 1931— ）：美国著名幻想文学作家，文体大师。 青年时代的沃尔夫曾退学入伍，参加朝鲜战争，回国后当过工程师、杂志编辑，后专职从事写作。20世纪80年代初期，长篇史诗《新日之书》一出版便引起轰动，沃尔夫也一跃成为幻想文坛的巨星。 吉恩•沃尔夫是最重要的当代美国作家之一。他的作品以叙事的游戏性著称，充满了隐喻、典故和谜题，以此探讨命运、知觉、时间的本质等命题，被同行誉为“北美的博尔赫斯”。沃尔夫1996年获得世界奇幻奖终生成就奖，2012年获美国科幻奇幻作家协会“大师奖”。 除了四卷本《新日之书》，吉恩•沃尔夫的代表作品还有： 《刻耳柏洛斯的第五个头》（1972，中短篇集） 《和平》（1975，长篇小说） 《沃尔夫群岛故事集》（1983，中短篇集） 《战士》系列（1986—2006） 《长日之书》系列（199...(展开全部)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: n He Shook hands with me: "Well, there you are, on your own, appointed officially under my responsibility." He was actually walking with me to the door. What a distance off it seemed I moved like ...(展开全部)