"Szachinszach" Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego : paradoksy społecznego odbioru

Abstract

The article author discusses the Polish and international reception of Shah of Shahs, analyses the differences between Polish and English versions and compares its reception with that of The Emperor, published a few years earlier. The article aims at presenting different models of reading, from approving (Helena Zaworska, Salman Rushdie, Zoltan Biró, Hooman Majd) to highly critical (Abbas Milani). The article author argues with Milani, compares his accusations with Kapuściński’s text and refers to various publications on the history of Iran. In response to Milani’s criticism, she also discusses the conceptions of Annales school of historiosophy that inspired Kapuścinski’s own image of history.