When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered. — Ryszard Kapuscinski · Skopia

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When is a crisis reached? When questions arise that can't be answered.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

A Warsaw Diary · 1985

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Kapuściński, Ryszard. "A Warsaw Diary: Part 1." Granta 15: The Fall of Saigon, translated by Adam Czerniawski, Spring 1985.

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