Name: Football in sun and Shadow (Penguin Modern Classics)
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Author: Eduardo Galeano
ISBN: 9780241355350

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Football in sun and Shadow (Penguin Modern Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Eduardo Galeano

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780241355350

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Football in sun and Shadow (Penguin Modern Classics)

Eduardo Galeano (Author) · Penguin · Paperback

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Synopsis "Football in sun and Shadow (Penguin Modern Classics) "

'Football is a pleasure that hurts'This unashamedly emotional history of football is a homage to the romance and drama, spectacle and passion of a 'great pagan mass'. Through stories of superstition, heartbreak, tragedy, luck, heroes and villains, those who lived for football and those who died for it, Eduardo Galeano celebrates the glory of a game that - however much the rich and powerful try to control it - still retains its magic.'The Uruguayan whose writing got right to the heart of football ... readers were never in doubt of the warmth of the blood running through his veins' Guardian'Galeano can run rings round our glamorous football intelligentsia' When Saturday Comes'Stands out like Pele on a field of second-stringers' New Yorker

Eduardo Galeano

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Eduardo Galeano (1940-2015) was a Uruguayan writer and journalist whose work was characterized by a deep social and political commitment. His style combined essays, chronicles, and narrative to address the history and struggles of Latin America. His most influential work, Open Veins of Latin America (1971), became a benchmark of critical thinking about colonialism and exploitation in the region.

Throughout his career, Galeano published key titles such as Memory of Fire (1982-1986), a trilogy that reinterprets the history of the continent, and The Book of Embraces (1989), a collection of short stories with his characteristic poetic style. His legacy continues as an essential voice in Latin American literature.

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