by Ryszard Kapuściński · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266114585
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«Ébène: Aventures africaines» is the travel chronicle by Ryszard Kapuściński, published by Pocket in paperback (373 pages, in French).
Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuściński arrived in Accra in 1958 as a correspondent and for years travelled the continent living among its people. He witnessed coups, wars and epidemics, but was above all interested in the everyday life of Africans.
The Polish original, Heban, appeared in 1998 and was awarded the Viareggio Prize in 2000; the present French edition is translated by Véronique Patte.
A work of interest to readers of narrative journalism, travel literature and accounts of Africa.
Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist, photographer and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal journals in book form attracted both controversy and admiration for blurring the conventions of reportage with the allegory and magical realism of literature. He was the Communist-era Polish Press Agency's only correspondent in Africa during decolonization, and also worked in South America and Asia. Between 1956 and 1981 he reported on 27 revolutions and coups, until he was fired because of his support for the pro-democracy Solidarity movement in his native country. He was celebrated by other practitioners of the genre. The acclaimed Italian reportage-writer Tiziano Terzani, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, and Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda accorded him the title "Maestro".
