{"product_id":"the-other-isbn-9781786635969","title":"The Other","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe master of literary reportage reflects on the West’s encounters with the non-European\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this distillation of reflections accumulated from a lifetime of travel, Ryszard Kapuscinski takes a fresh look at the Western idea of the Other. Looking at this concept through the lens of his own encounters in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and considering its formative significance for his own work, Kapuscinski traces how the West has understood the non-European from classical times to the present day. He observes how in the twenty-first century we continue to treat the residents of the Global South as hostile aliens, objects of study rather than full partners sharing responsibility for the fate of humankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn our globalised but increasingly polarised world, Kapuscinski shows how the Other remains one of the most compelling ideas of our times.“In this short, simple, extraordinarily intelligent book, Kapuściński explores what it is to be European, to be non-European, to be colonised, to be the coloniser, to have or to impose an identity.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Jason Burke, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A powerful, quasi-religious, meditation on the power of humbling oneself in the face of the unknown.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kapuscinski’s case for humanity to accept and acknowledge ‘otherness’ is cogent and invites further contemplation.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eloquent … remarkably thoughtful and compressed.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The true master of journalism.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Gabriel Garcia Marquez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Few have written more beautifully of unspeakable things. Few have had his courage, almost none his talent. His books changed the way many of us think about nonfiction.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus), the celebrated Polish foreign correspondent \u003cb\u003eRyszard Kapuściński\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, among other titles, \u003ci\u003eShah of Shahs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImperium\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShadow of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Other\u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eTravels with Herodotu\u003c\/i\u003es. His books have been translated into twenty-eight languages. He died in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300466348261,"sku":"NP9781786635969","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781786635969.jpg?v=1767740829","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-other-isbn-9781786635969","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}