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Nobody Leaves: Impressions of Poland — list of editions

A complete list of the editions of Ryszard Kapuściński's collection "Busz po polsku" (Nobody Leaves: Impressions of Poland) from 1962 onward, with print runs and publishing series.

First edition Year: 1962 Print run: 7,000 copies

Second edition Year: 1975 Print run: 20,000 copies Series: Biblioteka Literatury Faktu XXX-lecia

Third edition Year: 1979/80 Print run: 40,000 copies Note: dated 1979 — printing completed in 1980

Fourth edition Year: 1988 Print run: 30,000 copies Series: vol. 4 “Wrzenie świata”

Fifth edition Year: 1990 Print run: 50,000 copies Series: vol. 4 “Wrzenie świata”

Contents:

  1. The march-out of the fifth column.
  2. Far away.
  3. Saved on a raft.
  4. Friday at Grunwald.
  5. A toothpaste advertisement.
  6. The dune.
  7. Ground floors.
  8. No address.
  9. The great throw.
  10. The lumber room.
  11. The calm head of the fare-dodger.
  12. Danka.
  13. Nobody will leave.
  14. The stiff.
  15. Trees against us.
  16. The Polish bush.

The collected edition “Wrzenie świata” opens with an additional Kapuściński text, “Ćwiczenia pamięci” (“Exercises in memory”).

Where to go next

Three ways to keep going — read a sample, pick the next book, or meet the author.

Quotes

Kapuscinski in his own words

Memorable lines on travel, truth and the Other — the shortest way into his way of thinking.

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The Kirghiz Dismounts

The early Kapuscinski on the road: after the Polish provinces come the Caucasus and Central Asia.

About the book → The author

Who was Ryszard Kapuscinski?

From a small town on the Polish border to reporting on twenty-seven revolutions — the life behind the books.

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