Witold Szabłowski

An account of people in formerly Communist countries holding fast to their former lives.

True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny

Dancing Bears

Zawiera relacje osobistych kucharzy Idi Amina, Saddama Husajna, Envera Hodży, Fidela Castro i Pol Pota.

Jak nakarmić dyktatora

sąsiedzi z Wołynia

Sprawiedliwi zdrajcy

Ubivcâ z mìsta abrikosìv

neznakomai︠a︡ Turt︠s︡ii︠a︡--o chem molchat putevoditeli

Ubiĭt︠s︡a iz goroda abrikosov

Jak nakrmit diktátora

Los osos que bailan. Historias reales de gente que añora vivir bajo la tiranía

Turkey - a country torn between East and West, Islam and Islamophobia; permeated with both conservatism and post-modernity. As he travels across this beautiful country, Szablowski heads for the most remote villages and towns to meet young women who have run away from honour killings, wives forced into prostitution by their husbands, a family of immigrants from Africa who dream of a better life, and Kurdish journalists and freedom fighters. A polyphonic portrait of contemporary Turkey, this book evokes the present-day dreams and hopes of ordinary people, weaving a story from their potent and mesmerising tales.

The Assassin from Apricot City

reportaże z Turcji

Zabojca z miasta moreli

heimwee naar het communisme

Dansende beren

A devastatingly original look at the world's worst dictators, through the eyes of their personal chefs, by award-winning Polish author Witold Szablowski. What is it like to cook for the most dangerous men in the world? In this darkly funny and fascinating book, Witold Szablowski travels across four continents in search of the personal chefs of five dictators. From the savannahs of Kenya to the faded glamour of Havana, and the bombed-out streets of Baghdad, Szablowski finds the men and women who cooked fish soup for Saddam Hussein, roasted goat for Idi Amin and chopped papaya salad for Pol Pot. He reveals the strangeness of a job where a single culinary mistake could be fatal, but a well-seasoned dish could change your life. And in doing so, he lifts the veil on what life is like at the very heart of power.

Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks

How to Feed a Dictator

Witold Szabłowski

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