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Translated by: Mirosław Lipiński On the Field of Glory is set in one of the most turbulent and critical periods of European history. The story focuses on the gentry in the Random area during the winte
Translated by: Mirosław Lipiński On the Field of Glory is set in one of the most turbulent and critical periods of European history. The story focuses on the gentry in the Random area during the winte
Poland is a country which sporadically hits the headlines of the Anglo-Saxon world. It has suffered the dubious distinction of being wiped off the political map in 1795 to be resurrected after the Fir
Czeslaw Milosz is the winner of the 1978 Neusdadt International Prize in Literature and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include many volumes of poetry, most recently Collected Poems 1931
An up-to-date travel guide with 131 color photos and 22 maps.
When Africa makes international news, it is usually because war has broken out or some bizarre natural disaster has taken a large number of lives. Westerners are appallingly ignorant of Africa otherwi
In A Stanislaw Lem Reader, Peter Swirski has assembled an in-depth and insightful collection of wrightings by and about, and interview with, one of the most fascinating writers on the twentieth centur
Another Day of Life is Kapuscinski's dramatic account of the three months he spent in Angola at the beginning of its decades' long civil war. The capital, Luanda, is occupied only by those not fortuna
Part diary and part reportage. The Soccer Waris a remarkable chronicle of war in the late twentieth century. Between 1958 and 1980, working primarily for the Polish Press Agency, Kapuscinski covered t