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By "the conjuror extraordinary of modern portage" (John le Carre)--a personal, brilliantly detailed exploration of the almost unfathomably complex Soviet empire. "When a writer of Mr. Kapuscinski's genius writes of the snows and the steppes of Siberia, of the doomed Aral Sea and Kiev . . . no pictures are necessary".--The Wall Street Journal. First time in paperback.
Borders are part of our physical structure & outside self environment and it didn‘t occur to me through the lens of religion, the promise of absolute-boundlessness would sound ideal and yet such a foreign concept 🤔.
Reporter's experience in the former USSR as it was collapsing. Weaving history, stories, culture, and people's experiences to create a mosaic of chaos. 9/10
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