by Ryszard Kapuscinski · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433925589
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In 'Another Day of Life', Ryszard Kapuscinski recounts the events he witnessed in Luanda during the months leading up to Angola's independence in 1975. Through an intimate and personal style, the author describes the chaos, tension, and fear that prevailed in the city as political forces fought for power. Kapuscinski, with courage, decides to stay in Luanda until the end, wandering the deserted streets and battlefronts, offering a raw and moving vision of war and the human condition. This book, considered by the author as his favorite, is an essential testimony of a crucial moment in African history.
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".
