Squirely 2 | 6 19 Jan 2010 #1My wonderful boyfriend has returned home to Poland to see his family and will probably be there for a while trying to figure things up. I miss him so much I want to send him some things to just let him know i'm always thinking of him. He's so intelligent and fun, i want some help to find stuff that would reflect that but preferably in Polish.I need to know of some Polish authors.Is there a famous Pole that goes to Africa and hangs out with the tribes. He really likes him and I wanna know if he has written anything else?
enkidu 7 | 623 19 Jan 2010 #2Wacław Korabiewicz for instance.He traveled Africa mostly on his foots or hitchhicking.He once sid: One wouldn't believe how small the world is and how people are similar to each other unless one would travel it by foot.Africa is a big land. What part of this land do you mean?
OP Squirely 2 | 6 19 Jan 2010 #4I don't know aaaaaarrrggh. But! but that was boyh instieful and helpful. He is just intrested that sorta thing and I wanna look like I know what I doing by sending a book in Polish. Thankyou
frd 7 | 1,399 19 Jan 2010 #5If he is into travelling or reading about travelling you can buy something not necessarily polish :)
Nika 2 | 507 19 Jan 2010 #6Also, it could be Ryszard Kapuściński. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Kapu%C5%9Bci%C5%84ski
Honest George 1 | 105 19 Jan 2010 #8You might be talking about Cejrowski.. but I'm not sure..This is most likely the guy, but where do you intend buying his book ?Take frd,s advice and possibly get Michael Palin,s " Around the world in 80 days ".( book or dvd ).
OP Squirely 2 | 6 19 Jan 2010 #11I'm so thick, i thought it was Polish that was missing thr £ or ł for instance.
SeanBM 35 | 5,797 19 Jan 2010 #12No worries Squirely, you are trying to find out, nobody can fault you for that.
joepilsudski 26 | 1,388 15 Jul 2011 #13Is there a famous Pole that goes to Africa and hangs out with the tribes.Joseph Conrad.
JonnyM 11 | 2,611 15 Jul 2011 #14Ryszard Kapuscinski. A cult Polish writer. His books are really popular and available on Amazon.Joseph Conrad.The horror, the horror!
Seanus 15 | 19,672 15 Jul 2011 #15Nika is right. I have the book Travels with Herodotus in English. Superb!
isthatu2 4 | 2,694 15 Jul 2011 #16Ryszard KapuscinskiIs he the beardy fella,looks a bit like Frazier? If so,yes,cool geezer from what I remember :)edit,maybe not then.....er,mods!!!!! bin this in random,yeah as I cant remember the name of said "beardy ,fraizer lookalike"....:)
milky 13 | 1,656 15 Jul 2011 #18Travels with Herodotus in English.yea great book, read it recently as well..
Seanus 15 | 19,672 15 Jul 2011 #19He was a brave and insightful man. I really enjoyed his various commentaries and the spirit to take on challenges without money or security.
milky 13 | 1,656 15 Jul 2011 #20Great man,read all is books, I think. Dervla Murphy( Irish travel writer on a bike) was/is a brave woman as well.
Des Essientes 7 | 1,288 15 Jul 2011 #21Henryk Sienkiewicz travelled to Africa in 1890 and wrote the non-fiction book Letters From Africa as well as the children's novel In Desert And Wilderness which was set in Egypt and the Sudan. I read the latter and it was rather silly as it had a Polish boy taming an African elephant and making it his steed as well as fearlessly confronting the Mahdi.
joepilsudski 26 | 1,388 16 Jul 2011 #23Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' was a pioneering book about travels in Africa...Actually 'Apocalypse Now' used it as a kind of jumping off point.
hague1cmaeron 14 | 1,368 16 Jul 2011 #24Is there a famous Pole that goes to Africa and hangs out with the tribes.Leon Xiążę SapiehaLasy Itury; Wspomnienia z podróży.antoranz.net/CURIOSA/ZBIOR2/C0303/10-QZC04088_ucho.HTMand Eustachy Sapiehapl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustachy_SapiehaSafari. Polowania w Afryce Wschodniej i Południowej