When he began his career, he was given a copy of Herodotus's 5th-century B.C. work, "Histories," which Kapuscinski carried through his life and quotes from in his book.

开始这份职业时，Kapuscinski收到了一本希罗·多德公元前5世纪的作品《历史》，他从此带着这本书走过人生，在自己的书中摘录。

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This book is actually two books in one: The descriptions and reflections of Herodotus about his times and travels within the descriptions and reflections of Kapuscinski about his times and travels.

这本书其实是两本二合一：希罗多德对他那个时代的描述和反思，以及Kapuscinski对他的时代和旅程的描述与反思中的旅行。

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Mr Kapuscinski's account of Idi Amin's rule is inaccurate and his history of Rwanda is botched.

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These gleanings from old notebooks tell how Mr Kapuscinski rumbled in buses and cattle trucks through the landscapes where most Africans live.

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Mr Kapuscinski tells it as it felt, rather than as it was, describing sometimes, it seems, distastefully relishing whatever is bizarre, humiliating, disgusting, exotic.

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