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Some Ryszard Kapuściński would be nice: The Emperor, The Shadow of the Sun and Another Day of Life. ... Sunflower.) And when I went to pick up my book for my reading group from the bookshop, they had Ryszard Kapuscinski's Shadow of the Sun in the "Popular Penguins" range, so I have that now too.
My backpack (and now Mt TBR) overfloweth. ... in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Girls by Lori Lansens
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien
and
Lives of Mothers and Daughters: Gro ... Jolie -- look for The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski . I've heard raves about this book and bought a copy myself, though I haven't read it yet.
edited to correct title and find touchstone ... necessarily the author.
You have to be in the right mood. This was the wrong book to follow The Bass Saxophone and The Shadow of the Sun.
3.5* All worth reading tiffin, particularly The Shadow of the Sun. I am recommending it all over the place. It's a popular Penguin, so is around cheaply at the moment .
Now that I'm starting a second 999 challenge, I've recorded some secretly read trash to finish up the miscellaneous category (was ... Am catching up on your posts since March... I loved,loved, loved The Shadow of the Sun too, and have bought a couple of his other ones but haven't read them yet. Have you read Imperium or Shah of Shahs? Anyone with any interest at all in Africa must read The Shadow of the Sun. Can't recommend it highly enough, 5*. Reviewed here. ... get some sketches!
It's been a long game, and perhaps I've chosen this before. But, from your (AMQS's) library I picked The Shadow of the Sun.
... still being cared for.
Cobra's Heart is one of the books I'm reading for my 999 Africa category--it's other title is The Shadow of the Sun, which is what my copy is called. I've just started it but it looks like it will be a good read.
Proust and the Squid was one of my top ten ... ... Book Depository was waiting in my mail box upon my return from cold and dry Madison, WI to cold and snowy(!) Atlanta:
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
mckait, what did your son tell you about yesterday's snow storm in Atlanta? All of the snow is now gone from the ... You've sold me, deebee; The Shadow of the Sun will move from my wish list to my must buy list. ... including Herodotus, Marco Polo, Olaudah Equiano and Anton Chekhov. The chapters from this book are largely taken from The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life. Kapuściński gives us an unforgettable description of what it's like to have malaria, and how awful of a disease it is. Other ... ... including Herodotus, Marco Polo, Olaudah Equiano and Anton Chekhov. The chapters from this book are largely taken from The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life. Kapuściński gives us an unforgettable description of what it's like to have malaria, and how awful of a disease it is. Other ... ... it is the offspring of human stupidity, the fruit of benightedness, idiocy & folly."
-Ryszard Kapuscinski, SHADOW OF THE SUN ... to find the other books in the Great Journeys Series.
Other Kapuscinski works that I liked-
Travels with Herodotus
The Shadow of the Sun
Imperium
I haven't read The Soccer War or Shah of Shahs but plan to at some point.
Now good travel books to start with-
Paul Theroux's T ... from the neatly - tagged AMQS 's library, my choice fall on
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinsky ...
A Separate Development by Christopher Hope
The Time of Light by Gunnar Kopperud
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Richard Kapuscinski
most interesting novella and short story collection: Agamemnon's Daughter by Ismail Kadare
most ... The Shadow of the Sun ... Zuzak
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
nonfiction:
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson ... re.
I can't decide if I should start with one of my "chunkster" classic books (Anna Karenina?), one of my Africa books (The Shadow of the Sun), or one of the scifi/fantasy books (The Martian Chronicles might be an easy way to get into the 999 challenge and also the category that might be ... ... Farm (Fantasy)
Category 2: Africa or Global
1. Paton, Alan: Cry, the Beloved Country
2. Kapuscinski, Ryzard: The Shadow of the Sun
3. Butcher, Tim: Blood River
5. Bashir, Halima: Tears of the Desert (memoir)
6. Godwin, Peter: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun (memoir)
... From AMQS, it's The Shadow of the Sun for me. ... Have you read that one?
This weekend I bought Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher and The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski. Butcher's book tells of his following Livingstone's route to chart the Congo River in the year 2000. Kapuscinski was a ... ... because we learn something new, and great discussions can follow. Recently we read Three Cups of Tea (Pakistan) and The Shadow of the Sun (Africa), and we were all motivated to help somehow, which led to a discussion of volunteering and contributing at home and abroad, and for me at ... The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
The Small Rain by Madeleine L'Engle
Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
and one more I can't resist:
Fludd by Hilary Mantel
title and touchstone ... The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski, snippets from his travels across the continent as a journalist from the 1950s to the 90s. Very beautifully written. For those interested in Africa, these 2 books are very interesting and informative reads...
Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski From my mini-review posted in another forum:
- a simply beautiful book. A travel memoir of this multi-awarded Polish journalist and ... ... About the Balkans by Slavenka Drakulic
Non-Fiction:
The Scramble for Africa, 1876-1912 by Thomas Pakenham
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Cod: A biography of the fish that changed the world by Mark Kurlansky
Garbage land: On the secret ... 21. The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski
- a simply beautiful book. A travel memoir of the multi-awarded Polish journalist and war correspondent of the years he spent in the African continent from the decolonisation years of the late 1950s to the 1990s. Perhaps ... 19. The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo Jose Cela
20. A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
21. The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski
22. The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
23. The Taste of a Man by Slavenka Drakulic
24 Crime and Punish ... like #25, i'm also with Ryszard Kapuscinski, but criss-crossing Africa getting the pulse of the continent under The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life. Here's another one:
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski 1. The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski
2. The Genuis Factory by David Plotz (I keep cornering my friends and making them listen to a detailed account of this book.)
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
4. The Earth Moved by Amy Stewart (Who ... ... or more. I received
Jane Austen's Emma, Sense & Sensibility, & Persuasion. The proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman, The Shadow of the Sun by A.S. Byatt, & 4 mass makt. paperback Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters. 15. The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski. This was a great book. I have never read much about Africa, so I found the essays to be full of new information, much of it very relevant to current events in Africa (such as the root of the conflict in Rwanda). Kapuscinski, a Polish ... ... Marshall
12. Shiksa Goddess by Wendy Wasserstein
13. The British Isles by Hugh Kearney
Now I'm on to The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski and The Earth Moved by Amy Stewart.
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