https://kapuscinski.info/en/tags/lapidarium-ii/Recent content in Lapidarium II on kapuscinski.infoHugoen-USThu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/<p><strong>&ldquo;Lapidarium II&rdquo;</strong> (1995) is the second volume of Ryszard Kapuściński&rsquo;s notebook — a collection of <strong>aphorisms and reflections</strong> from the turbulent 1990s. Below you will find an analysis: the composition, subject matter, themes and theses.</p> <hr> <h2 id="contents">Contents</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#nutshell">In a nutshell</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#composition">Genre and composition</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#origins">Origins and the context of the era</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#issues">Key issues and interpretation</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#subject">Subject matter</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#themes">Themes</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#form">Language and form</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#quotes">Key quotes</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#theses">Essay theses</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#faq">Frequently asked questions (FAQ)</a></li> <li><a href="https://kapuscinski.info/en/books/lapidarium-ii/lapidarium-ii-summary-and-analysis/#see-also">See also</a></li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="nutshell">In a nutshell</h2> <p>The second volume of the cycle continues the <strong>fragment prose</strong>: aphorisms, observations, notes from reading and travel. It was written in the first half of the 1990s, during the violent transformations <strong>after the fall of communism</strong>, and bears the marks of that era — pondering life and death, love and loneliness, politics and morality in a new, destabilised world.</p>