A review by avibrantmind
Nobody Leaves: Impressions of Poland by Ryszard Kapuściński

informative sad slow-paced

2.0

I picked up this short collection of essays while visiting family in Poland, hoping to catch a glimpse of the country my parents grew up in. The author, a journalist, captures a particular era with his observations, but the essays often feel like rambling lists, lacking context and coherence. The short, jagged sentence structure leans more toward the lyrical than the clear. Often, midway through an essay, I found myself wondering what the point was. Kapuściński inserts himself into the places and stories he describes, yet maintains a distance that left me questioning why these moments were deemed worth writing about. Though this collection has received praise, I found it challenging to connect to that time and place as I had hoped.