Table of Contents
Introduction: The Smile 1
1 Daguerreotypes 5
2 Pinsk: The Beginning 9
3 War 19
4 Legends 1: His Father and Katyn 31
5 Inspired by Poetry, Storming Heaven 35
6 Lapidarium 1: The Poet 43
7 On the Construction Site of Socialism 45
8 Lapidarium 2: Lance Corporal Kapuscinski 53
9 On the Construction Site of Socialism, Continued 55
10 Alicja, Maminek, Zojka 65
11 '56: Revolution All Over Again 73
12 The Third World: A Clash and a Beginning 93
13 In 'Rakowski's Gang' 103
14 Legends 2: Sentenced to Death by Firing Squad 115
15 In 'Rakowski's Gang', Continued 119
16 Life in Africa 129
17 Objects of Fascination: The African Icons 139
18 Life in Africa, Continued 145
19 In the Corridors of Power 159
20 Lapidarium 3: The Reporter as Politician 169
21 On the Trail of Che Guevara 171
22 Legends 3: Che, Lumumba, Allende 179
23 On the Trail of Che Guevara, Continued 185
24 Objects of Fascination: The Latin American Icons 193
25 On the Trial of Che Guevara, Continued Further 197
26 Zojka's Escapes 207
27 A Committed Reporter, a Black-and-White World 213
28 Christ with a Rifle in a Czech Comedy at the Emperor's Court 225
29 On Love and Other Demons 245
30 The Final Revolution, the Final Coup 255
31 Worth More Than a Thousand Grizzled Journofantasists 281
32 Lapidarium 4: Why Did Kapuscinski Have No Critics in Poland? 297
33 The Reporter Amends Reality, Or, Critics of All Nations, Unite! 303
34 Legends 4: Kapuscinski and Kapuscinski 321
35 Our Friend Rysiek 323
36 Where to from Socialism? 333
37 Lapidarium 5: Was Kapuscinski a Thinker? 347
38 Where to from Socialism? Continued 355
39 The File 367
40 Legends 5: The Price of Greatness 389
41 Maestro Kapu 391
42 Unwritten Books 399
43 No Strength to Furnish the Face 411
Notes 425
Index 443