Travels with Herodotus. Polish editions and ISBNs.

Below is a working list of the Polish editions of Ryszard Kapuściński’s “Travels with Herodotus”. The earlier information on the first print run held in our records is retained, and ISBNs are given only where they could be confirmed in bibliographic and booksellers’ catalogues.

Polish editions

First edition
Year: 2004
Publisher: Znak
Print run: 100 000 copies
Cover price: 34 zł
ISBN: 978-83-240-0482-9

Second edition
Year: 2005
Publisher: Znak
Format: paperback
ISBN: 978-83-240-0573-4

Edition of 2013
Year: 2013
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03298-6

Edition of 2015
Year: 2015
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03356-3

Third edition
Year: 2016
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03395-2

Edition of 2017
Year: 2017
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03405-8

Fourth edition
Year: 2019
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03458-4

Fifth edition
Year: 2020
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03468-3

Sixth edition
Year: 2021
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03504-8

Seventh edition
Year: 2024
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03632-8

Eighth edition
Year: 2026
Publisher: Czytelnik
ISBN: 978-83-07-03681-6

Contents

• Crossing the border. • Sentenced to India. • The station and the palace. • Rabi sings the Upanishads. • Chairman Mao’s hundred flowers. • Chinese thought. • Memory on the roads of the world. • The happiness and unhappiness of Croesus. • The end of the battle. • On the origin of the gods. • The view from the minaret. • Armstrong’s concert. • The face of Zopyrus. • The hare. • Among dead kings and forgotten gods. • Honours for the head of Histiaeus. • At Dr Ranke’s. • The Greek’s workshop. • Before the dogs and birds tear him apart. • Xerxes. • The oath of Athens. • Time vanishes. • The desert and the sea. • The anchor. • Black is beautiful. • Scenes of madness and prudence. • The discovery of Herodotus. • We stand in darkness, surrounded by light.

The book has been translated into many languages.

The first instalments of “Travels with Herodotus” were printed in the Saturday edition of “Gazeta Wyborcza” (Gazeta Świąteczna) in 2003 and 2004. Chapter titles below are given in the original Polish:

• 2003 13.09 p.8 Podróże z Herodotem. • 2003 20.09 p.12 Skazany na Indie. • 2003 27.09 p.10 Dworzec i pałac. • 2003 4.10 p.14 Rabi śpiewa Upaniszady. • 2003 11.10 p.23 Sto kwiatów przewodniczącego Mao. • 2003 25.10 p.16 Myśl chińska. • 2003 08.11 p.22 Pamięć na drogach świata. • 2003 15.11 p.14 Szczęście i nieszczęście Krezusa. • 2003 22.11 p.21 Koniec bitwy. • 2003 29.11 p.18 O pochodzeniu bogów. • 2003 06.12 p.118 Widok z minaretu. • 2003 13.12 p.20 Koncert Armstronga. • 2003 24.12 p.24 Twarz Zopyrosa. • 2003 27.12 p.15 Zając.

• 2004 3.01 p.18 Wśród umarłych królów i zapomnianych bogów. • 2004 10.01 p.20 Głowa Histiajos. • 2004 17.01 p.24 U doktora Ranke. • 2004 31.01 p.14 Warsztat Greka. • 2004 7.02 p.23 Nim rozszarpią go psy i ptaki. • 2004 14.02 p.16 Kserkses. • 2004 21.02 p.20 Przysięga Aten. • 2004 28.02 p.22 Znika czas. • 2004 13.03 p.22 Pustynia i morze. • 2004 20.03 p.24 Kotwica Sofanesa. • 2004 27.03 p.21 Czarne jest piękne. • 2004 03.04 p.19 Sceny szaleństwa i rozwagi. • 2004 10.04 p.22 Odkrycie Herodota. • 2004 28.08 p.17 Stoimy w ciemności otoczeni światłem.