Boston Globe
"Fascinating...a compelling and necessary book...Kapuscinski is a brilliant observer....Rarely has such a collection of horror stories been assembled and presented with such narrative power....The scope of this work is as grand as the times and places it encompasses." - Thomas R. BeyerNew York Review of Books
"He has created a kind of magic journalism....Beneath the seductive dazzle of his prose, the questioning moral imagination of this truly original writer makes his work a whole." - Adam Hochschild New York Times Book Review
"...Mr. Kapunscinski is an enchanting guide, combining boundless stamina, felicitous writing, childish curiosity and the literate authority of a true intellectual." - Bill Keller 9/25/94 | 
