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By "the conjuror extraordinary of modern portage" (John le Carre)--a personal, brilliantly detailed exploration of the almost unfathomably complex Soviet empire. "When a writer of Mr. Kapuscinski's genius writes of the snows and the steppes of Siberia, of the doomed Aral Sea and Kiev . . . no... read more

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MY FIRST ENCOUNTER with the Imperium takes place near the bridge linking the small town of Pinsk, Poland, with the territories to the south.
 

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