{"product_id":"travels-with-herodotus-9781400078783","title":"Travels with Herodotus","description":"From the renowned journalist comes this intimate account of his years in the field, traveling for the first time beyond the Iron Curtain to India, China, Ethiopia, and other exotic locales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1950s, Ryszard Kapuscinski finished university in Poland and became a foreign correspondent, hoping to go abroad - perhaps to Czechoslovakia. Instead, he was sent to India - the first stop on a decades-long tour of the world that took Kapuscinski from Iran to El Salvador, from Angola to Armenia. Revisiting his memories of traveling the globe with a copy of Herodotus' \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e in tow, Kapuscinski describes his awakening to the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of new environments, and how the words of the Greek historiographer helped shape his own view of an increasingly globalized world. Written with supreme eloquence and a constant eye to the global undercurrents that have shaped the last half-century, \u003ci\u003eTravels with Herodotus\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptional chronicle of one man's journey across continents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400078783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ryszard Kapuscinski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649418490012,"sku":"9781400078783","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fce9d8ec-55d7-4eca-8411-c8c70b3a5dac.jpg?v=1603872702","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/travels-with-herodotus-9781400078783","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}