{"product_id":"another-day-of-life-by-ryszard-kapuscinski","title":"'Another Day of Life' by Ryszard Kapuściński","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"726\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"145\"\u003eAnother Day of Life\u003c\/em\u003e is Ryszard Kapuściński's unforgettable account of Angola in 1975 as Portuguese colonial rule collapses and civil war erupts.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"726\"\u003eArriving in Luanda as one of the last foreign correspondents still reporting from the country, Kapuściński documents a city suspended between evacuation and revolution, where abandoned buildings, deserted streets and shifting front lines create an atmosphere that feels as surreal as it does historical. His reporting captures not only military events but the strange texture of waiting, fear and political uncertainty as an entire society remakes itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"728\" data-end=\"1346\"\u003eWidely regarded as one of the great literary journalists of the twentieth century, Kapuściński writes with the precision of a reporter and the eye of a novelist. His work has long occupied a unique space between history and literature, foregrounding mood, memory and human experience alongside factual observation. \u003cem data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1064\"\u003eAnother Day of Life\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the defining books on decolonisation in Africa and on the ethics of witnessing conflict, making it essential reading for anyone interested in reportage, political history, postcolonial studies or writers such as Svetlana Alexievich, John Berger and Ryszard Krynicki.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1529\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScarce Picador paperback edition. Light general shelf wear with some creasing and rubbing to the covers. Interior is clean with a sound, tightly bound text block.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45788497313875,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-07-06T191644.304.png?v=1783329420","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/another-day-of-life-by-ryszard-kapuscinski","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}