An Advertisement for Toothpaste

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title An Advertisement for Toothpaste
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ryszard Kapuscinski
Translated by William Brand
SeriesPenguin Modern
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 161,Width 111
Category/GenreReportage and collected journalism
Travel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9780241339329
ClassificationsDewey:914.38045
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 22 February 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry 'Like rotting stakes in a forest clearing' The great journalist of conflict in the Third World finds an even stranger and more exotic society in his own home of post-War Poland

Author Biography

Ryszard Kapuscinski (Author) Ryszard Kapuscinski was born in Poland in 1932. As a foreign correspondent for PAP, the Polish news agency, until 1981 he was an eyewitness to revolutions and civil wars in Africa, Asia and Latin America. His books include The Shadow of the Sun, The Emperor, Shah of Shahs, Another Day of Life and Travels with Herodotus. He won dozens of major literary prizes all over the world, and was made 'journalist of the century' in Poland. He died in January 2007.