In the midst of luxury, abundance, and indeed waste, what can be our proper response when confronted with the poverty Kapuscinski describes? |
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These experiences are turned into snapshots of worlds that are normally utterly alien to the West, yet become entirely understandable with Kapuscinski as guide. |
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Kapuscinski says that Europeans who are polite, modest, or humble fall easily into rage when playing or watching football games. |
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Kapuscinski grew up in one of the poorest regions in the poorest part of east Poland, in the little town of Pinsk. |
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