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minguyen's review against another edition
5.0
Cảm nhận rất rõ tình yêu và sự tâm huyết của tác giả đối với châu Phi.
Một cuốn nonfic giàu tình cảm, sử dụng ngôn từ và ẩn dụ mượt đến mức nhiều nhà văn phải tự thấy xấu hổ trước một nhà báo chuyên viết phóng sự.
Một cuốn nonfic giàu tình cảm, sử dụng ngôn từ và ẩn dụ mượt đến mức nhiều nhà văn phải tự thấy xấu hổ trước một nhà báo chuyên viết phóng sự.
bergenslabben's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
lizzy_balmain's review against another edition
5.0
This exploration of geography, culture and human interactions is extremely important. There is something about how Kapuscinski captures and expresses his experiences which draws you in to them, until you're so close you could almost touch them; smell them. An unsung masterpiece.
larryerick's review against another edition
5.0
This book was very much like finding a hidden treasure for me. From the very beginning paragraphs, I could already sense something very special. The author had an uncanny ability to let all your senses activate from his narrative descriptions. Not only could you "picture" the settings, you smell the dust, feel the humidity, even hear the silences. The book covers a great many parts of Africa over a series of years. Despite having already read some books about traveling across Africa and having watched several movies about bicycle and motorcycle treks across much of Africa, this book was a total revelation beyond what those other sources had provided. It's impossible to mention a favorite vignette. The bus ride where passengers have to counter lean together to avoid sliding off into an abyss? The hotel room literally pulsating with bugs? The town economy built on constantly and repeatedly rescuing motor vehicles from the depths of a mud hole? Or the many stories about the scalding hot Africa sun that makes your hands sweat just reading about it? Without question, I will reread this book before traveling to Africa...and I will undoubtedly take it along the journey to reread again along the way. Very highly recommended.
gracegimon's review
5.0
Enjoyed it very much. A voyage in time and to many places across the continent.
My main takeaway is we have so much more in common than I ever imagined.
You may learn about the ways of living,the vastness, the notion of time, the importance of communities, fears, myths, nature and how it sharply shapes the destiny of people.
My main takeaway is we have so much more in common than I ever imagined.
You may learn about the ways of living,the vastness, the notion of time, the importance of communities, fears, myths, nature and how it sharply shapes the destiny of people.