Niniejszy tekst powstał w ramach szerszego projektu, jakim jest opracowanie edycji Cesarza i Szachinszacha dla Biblioteki Narodowej.
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The article attempts to describe the islamic revolution described by Ryszard Kapuściński in Shah of shahs. The reporter confronts the images of revolutionary chaos in Iran with Iranian culture and its distant history to show the similarities in human mentality. In order to make the reader aware of what the clash with strangeness is, Kapuściński uses concealment, omits important historical facts or even manipulates. The author of the article seeks to expose and interpret the meaning of this strategy.
The article discusses the art of reporters' life. The context is based on Antoni Kępiński's study, where are described the two rhythms of life - one is associated with nature and individuality, the second with technique and monotony. Melchior Wańkowicz, a founder of a well-known Polish school of reportage, has a unique experience of living in both rhythms of the world - he was born in the eastern borderlands in the late nineteenth century and between the 50s and the 60s he could examine the technological center of the world - the United States. He chose to live in the rhythm of the nature using his spontaneity and independence. Asking if he possessed the secret of the art of living the author with some hesitation confirms, because he definitely could experience his life at his own pace and on his own terms. Observing the fate of his writing, however, we must admit that his individuality cannot be applicable to our present times.
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