A comprehensive biography and full of surprises us discover the next "liar" by Ryszard Kapuscinski, a reporter contemporary myths.
From the 70's, reports, reviews and profiles of Ryszard Kapuscinski, one of the largest in the world according to Gabriel García Márquez became a cult and were cited constantly to settle any controversy that called into question the literary value of newspaper articles.
The celebrity of this Polish journalist was expanded so that grazed the legend. Contributed to this translation into various languages \u200b\u200bof their most famous books: Shah, Empire, Ebony and The Soccer War, in which he displayed his talent keen observer to tell the misery of power, the fall of real socialism, the delay and hope for Africa and the absurdity of colonialism, as well as a systematic and well managed zeal about his private life.
When the existence of a person reaches the point where fiction and reality become blurred, the search for truth becomes dangerous, since it means that violate common sense considered "true" or "true" without need no demonstration. "Kapu"-the nickname with which American students knew him-was this, and until recently, an untouchable.
After the death of a celebrity two things can happen: the biography transmuted into myth or the myth begins to deflate like a balloon filled with air, the enemies or malquerientes-envy, impotence or mediocrity-like jab any means. Ryszard Kapuscinski has happened with something. In 2007, occurred a few months after his death, the condemned in the past accused him of having collaborated with the secret services of the Polish Communist regime, have moved with interest calculated in the jungle of political and personal reality have makeup for their books look more interesting. Who
Ryszard Kapuscinski was really? Gabriel García Márquez says that all people have a public life, one private and one secret, which means that existence is composed of the sum of these many lives. Thanks to the non fiction biography Kapuscinski just released Domoslawski Artur, who was his disciple and friend in the last years of his life, now we know there was a single Ryszard Kapuscinski, although fragmented into multiple masks and behaviors according to how assumed the circumstances of reality. This portrait, far to denigrate it again, I think, more authentic.
Kapuscinski is a non fiction book heretic, but not at odds with the truth. The sources used are documentary, testimonial and rigorous. Through them, the author tries to approach the depth of character. Undoubtedly shed light on it, but it also shows in some sense a hand "liar" in his personality. VS Naipaul argues that the life of every writer "is a legitimate area of \u200b\u200bresearch, and should not ignore the truth about him." Domoslawski know very well, although this has meant dealing with the widow of his subject and the many members of the "kapufilia" which has been quick to ask for his head. The book identifies
legends: his father was imprisoned for Soviet occupation of Poland was not about to be shot in the Congo, Che never met or was a friend of Patrice Lumumba and Salvador Allende. Reveals facts somewhat inexcusable: it collaborated with the Polish intelligence services in the hardest time, hide his communist past when it suited him, not never openly criticized the Communist regime for fear that prevented him from traveling abroad, was quickly seconded the motion reformer led by Lech Walesa and the Solidarity union ie, passed quickly from red to reformer. And recounts in detail a fascinating life: the reporter who wrote with a baroque style and passionate; privileged witness of the miseries of the world and the human being that can not be blamed for being himself. Kapuscinski
non fiction biography is stark, but never offensive. However, do not make a dent in the greatness journalism Kapuscinski. For those who never saw him as a guru or an oracle, he remains the reporter who knew how to reach the hearts of readers, who wrote fluently, sent to hell "objectivity", he cultivated a plain style and sharp and was at the same time, intelligent and brilliant in the narrative of social events. This is the Ryszard Kapuscinski we admired and still admire.
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