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Mr. Rice,
I read your article and the first thing I thought was that I simply agree with your ideas about reporter-writer Ryszard Kapuscinski. I admire Kapuscinski's way of writing and most of all, being able to make himself his own main character. I read that in his book "The emperor", "...is Kapuscinski's least characteristic work, in that for the most part, he leaves the narration to others, the courtiers he calls by anonymous initials" (Rice, n.pag).
I love that everything he wrote is absolutely realistic; I learn about the world's history but at the same time I feel I'm reading a novel -which I prefer than reading documents.
I also like when Kapuscinski says, "A person who lived through a great war is different from someone who never lived through any war", refering to his own life. I totally agree with his idea; a person who hasn't experienced in it's own flesh what war's like, will never get the essence of it...